plan for exploitation and dissemination of the project results

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This document has been produced in the course of 5G-CLARITY Project. The research leading to these results

received funding from the European Commission H2020 Programme under grant agreement No. H2020-

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H2020 5G-CLARITY Project Number: 871428

5G-CLARITY Deliverable D6.1

Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination

of the Project Results

Contractual Date of Delivery: January 31st 2020

Actual Date of Delivery: January 31st 2020

Document Editor(s): Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR)

Contributors(s): Oscar Adamuz-Hinojosa (UGR), Jorge Navarro-Ortiz

(UGR), Lorena Chinchilla-Romero (UGR) Jonathan Prados-

Garzon (UGR), Jose Ordonez-Lucena (TID), Giovanni

Rigazzi (IDCC), Ulises Olvera Hernandez (IDCC), Daniel

Camps Mur (i2CAT), Antonio Garcia (ACC), Tezcan

Cogalan (UEDIN), Shuangyi Yan (UNIVBRIS), Rui Bian

(PLF), Erik Aumayr (LMI), Miguel Angel Granda (BOSCH),

Jesus Gutierrez Teran (IHP), Mir Ghoraishi (GIGS)

Dissemination Level: Public

Revision History

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Revision Date Editor /Commentator Description of Edits

0.1 06.12.2019 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) Initial draft

0.2 10.12.2019 Giovanni Rigazzi (IDCC) ToC updated and contributors assigned

0.3 14.12.2019 Mir Ghoraishi (GIGS) Template update

0.4 17.12.2019 Antonio Garcia (ACC) Adding ACC inputs

0.5 19.12.2019 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) Adding UGR and Telefónica inputs

0.6 20.12.2019 Enrique Poves (UEDIN) Adding UEDIN inputs

0.7 08.01.2020 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) Adding ICC inputs

0.8 13.01.2020 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) Adding BOSCH inputs

0.9 14.01.2020 Mir Ghoraishi (GIGS) Adding GIGS input

1.0 15.01.2020 Shuangyi Yan (UoB) UoB input

1.1 15.01.2020 Enrique Poves (UEDIN) UEDIN changes to 4.1

1.2 16.01.2020 Rui Bian (PLF) PLF input to 5.1.4

1.4 16.01.2020 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) UGR changes to 4. , 4.1 and 8

1.5 16.01.2020 Vladica Sark,

Jesús Gutiérrez (IHP) Adding IHP inputs

1.6 16.01.2020 Giovanni Rigazzi (IDCC) IDCC input to 6.3

1.7 17.01.2020 Rui Bian (PLF) Input to Table 4.2. Fill in missing info in 6.2.4

1.8 21.01.2020 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) Adding reviews from LMI, PLF, UoE IDCC, Accelleran, UGR.

1.9 22/01/2020 Shuangyi Yan Adding reviews from UoB. Adding inputs about relationships in Table 4.1

2.0 22.01.202 Jose Ordonez-Lucena (TID) Adding reviews from TID of Section 8, input to Table 4.1, and some minor changes

2.1 22.01.22 Miguel Granda (Bosch) Adding BOSCH inputs (Table 4-2, Section 5.2)

2.2 22.01.2020 Jesús Gutiérrez (IHP) Added content to Section 4.2, revision of section 7

2.3 23.01.202 Giovanni Rigazzi (IDCC) IDCC comments resolved (section 6.2.1 and 6.3)

2.4 23.01.2020

Miguel Granda (Bosch).

Daniel Camps (i2CAT).

Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR)

Adding BOSCH Table in Section 5.2 for exploitation plan of products/platforms. Adding i2CAT KPIs input for Table 4.2. Adding IDCC input for Table 4.2. UGR comments resolved for Section 2, 3, 4.1, 7 and 8.

2.5 25.01.2013 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) Adding acronyms list

2.6 28/01/2020 Antonio Garcia Back port feedback onto Table 5.1 and solve review comments on Accelleran O-RAN Alliance section

2.7 29.01.2020 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) Adding PLF input to Table 5.1. Adding Executive Summary and new Table 4.1

2.8 30.01.2020 Juan M. Lopez-Soler (UGR) Adding TID input, PLF and IDCC inputs to table 5.1., list of authors, and UGR input to Sections 7


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2.9 30.01.2020 Mir Ghoraishi (GIGS) Social Media input. Final styling adjustments.

Final 31.01.2020 Jesús Gutiérrez (IHP) Final revision and submission to the EC


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Table of Contents

List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................... 6

List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................... 7

List of Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... 13

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 14

1.1 Organisation of the document ............................................................................................ 14

2 Communication and Dissemination Target Audience .................................................................. 15

3 Communication Plan .................................................................................................................... 17

3.1 Project Identifier .................................................................................................................. 17

3.2 Communication channels .................................................................................................... 17

3.2.1 Internal Communication Tools ........................................................................................ 17

3.2.2 External Communication Tool: Project website .............................................................. 18

3.2.3 Social Media tools: Twitter, Linkedln, YouTube, Others ................................................. 19

4 Dissemination Plan ....................................................................................................................... 22

4.1 Dissemination Actions ......................................................................................................... 22

4.1.1 Scientific Publications ..................................................................................................... 23

4.1.2 Talks/Panels/Webinars/Whitepapers ............................................................................. 23

4.1.3 Workshops ...................................................................................................................... 23

4.1.4 Demonstrations ............................................................................................................... 24

4.2 Collaborations with other projects ...................................................................................... 24

5 Exploitation Plan .......................................................................................................................... 28

5.1 Product and services ............................................................................................................ 28

5.1.1 Verticals ........................................................................................................................... 28

5.1.2 Vendors and service providers ........................................................................................ 29

5.1.3 Network operators .......................................................................................................... 30

5.1.4 Small and medium enterprises ....................................................................................... 31

5.1.5 Academia and research centres ...................................................................................... 33

5.2 Exploitation plan of products/platforms for vendors, SMEs and verticals.......................... 35

6 Standardization plan .................................................................................................................... 39

6.1 Plan for Year 1 ..................................................................................................................... 39

6.2 Relevant standardization activities...................................................................................... 39

6.2.1 3GPP ................................................................................................................................ 39

6.2.2 ETSI .................................................................................................................................. 43

6.2.3 IETF .................................................................................................................................. 45

6.2.4 IEEE .................................................................................................................................. 50

6.2.5 O-RAN Alliance ................................................................................................................ 52

6.3 Standardization activity roadmap and open-source timeline ............................................. 55

6.4 Relevant open-source activities .......................................................................................... 57


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6.4.1 OpenStack ....................................................................................................................... 57

6.4.2 ONOS ............................................................................................................................... 59

6.4.3 OSM ................................................................................................................................. 61

7 Early Achievements ...................................................................................................................... 63

7.1 Communication activities .................................................................................................... 63

7.1.1 Mobile World Congress 2020 .......................................................................................... 65

7.2 Dissemination activities ....................................................................................................... 66

8 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................. 68

References ............................................................................................................................................ 69


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List of Figures

Figure 3.1: 5G-CLARITY project logo .................................................................................................... 17

Figure 3.2: 5G-CLARITY’s BSCW web interface .................................................................................... 17

Figure 3.3: 5G-CLARITY project website home page ........................................................................... 18

Figure 3.4: 5G-CLARITY project Twitter account ................................................................................. 19

Figure 3.5: 5G-CLARITY project LInkedln account ............................................................................... 20

Figure 3.6: 5G-CLARITY project YouTube channel ............................................................................... 21

Figure 3.7: News about the 5G-CLARITY project kick-off within the 5G-PPP Phase 3 projects. ........ 21

Figure 5.1: Immersive telepresence PoC with robot actuation. ......................................................... 29

Figure 5.2: AI and automation help Ericsson to move towards zero-touch networks. ..................... 30

Figure 5.3: Accelleran dRAX Open RAN Intelligence. .......................................................................... 32

Figure 5.4: Wi-Fi/LiFi testbed (University of Edinburgh) .................................................................... 34

Figure 6.1: 3GPP organization. ............................................................................................................. 40

Figure 6.2: 3GPP 5G NR timeline. ........................................................................................................ 41

Figure 6.3: ETSI organization. ............................................................................................................... 44

Figure 6.4: IETF areas............................................................................................................................ 46

Figure 6.5: IETF top-level organization ................................................................................................ 47

Figure 6.6: IETF ways of work - from an ID to an RFC ......................................................................... 50

Figure 6.7: O-RAN Architecture ........................................................................................................... 53

Figure 6.8 Standardization and open source activities. ...................................................................... 56

Figure 6.9: OpenStack Release Series. Source [9] ............................................................................... 58

Figure 6.10: Map of OpenStack services. Source: [11] ........................................................................ 58

Figure 6.11: ONOS Governance Structure ........................................................................................... 60

Figure 6.12: Details of an ONOS Release Cycle. Source: [13] .............................................................. 60

Figure 6.13: ONOS Releases. Source: [14] ........................................................................................... 61

Figure 6.14: OSM architecture ............................................................................................................. 62

Figure 7.1: Poster of the 5G-CLARITY project ...................................................................................... 63

Figure 7.2: 5G-PPP’s 5G-CLARITY website. .......................................................................................... 64

Figure 7.3: 5G-CLARITY LinkedIn profile viewers. ............................................................................... 65

Figure 7.4 Project brochure designed for MWC'20. ............................................................................ 66


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List of Tables

Table 2-1: Target audience for communication and dissemination activities ................................... 15

Table 4-1: Dissemination outcomes for Year 1 ................................................................................... 22

Table 4-2: List of relevant journals to 5G-CLARITY .............................................................................. 23

Table 4-3: Potential areas of contribution between 5G-CLARITY and other running projects. ........ 25

Table 5-1: Exploitation plan of products/platforms within the scope of 5G-CLARITY project .......... 35

Table 6-1: Summary of 3GPP study items potentially relevant to 5G-CLARITY. ................................ 42

Table 6-2: ETSI ISGs within the scope of 5G-CLARITY project. ............................................................ 44

Table 6-3: IETF and IRTF activities within the scope of 5G-CLARITY project. ..................................... 47

Table 6-4: Mapping Between 5G-CLARITY WPs and O-RAN WGs ...................................................... 55

Table 6-5: Mapping of technology areas to the standardization groups ........................................... 55

Table 6-6: Summary of SDOs and standardization activities covered in 5G-CLARITY. ...................... 56

Table 7-1: Statistics (obtained January 23, 2020) for 5G-CLARITY project Twitter account .............. 65


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List of Acronyms

3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project

5G Fifth Generation

5G NR 5G New Radio

5G PPP 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership

5GC 5G Core

5QI 5G Quality of Service Indicator

ACM Association for Computing Machinery

AD Area Director

AGV Automated Guided Vehicles

AI Artificial Intelligence

ANIMA Autonomic Networking Integrated Model and Approach

AP Access Point

API Application Programming Interface

ARIB Association of Radio Industries and Businesses

ATIS Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions

ATSSS Access Traffic Steering, Switch and Splitting

BGP Border Gateway Protocol

BSCW Basic Support for Cooperative Work

CCSA China Communications Standards Association

CLA Contributor License Agreement

CLI Command Line Interface

CN Core Network

COINRG Computing in the Network Research Group

CSD Criteria for Standards Development

CT Core Network & Terminals

CU Centralized Unit

DFSG Debian Free Software Guidelines

DSS Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

DU Distributed Unit

E2E End-to-end

ECOC European Conference on Optical Communication

EM Element Manager

EM Element Management

ENI Experiential Networked Intelligence

eNPN enhanced support of Non-Public Networks

ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute

EU European Union

EuCNC European Conference on Networks and Communications

FG-ML5G Focus Group on Machine Learning for Future Networks

GBR Guaranteed Bit Rate

GMPLS General Multiprotocol Label Switching


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GPL General Public License

GR Group Report

gRPC Google Remote Procedure Call

GS Group Specifications

GUI Graphical User Interface

H2020 Horizon 2020

HetNet Heterogeneous Network

HetRAT Heterogeneous Radio Access Technology

HNF Hybrid Network Function

HW Hardware

IAB Internet Architecture Board

IBN Intent-Based Networking

ICT Information and Communication Technology

ID Internet Draft

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE

GLOBECOM IEEE Global Communications Conference

IEEE ICC IEEE International Conference on Communications

IEEE INFOCOM IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications

IEEE PIMRC IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications

IEEE VTC IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

IEEE WCNC IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference

IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group

IETF Internet Engineering Task Force

IIoT Industrial Internet of Things

IM Information Model

IoT Internet of Things

IPR Intellectual Property Rights

IP Internet Protocol

IRSG Internet Research Steering Group

ISG Industry Specification Groups

ISOC Internet Society

ISWCS International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems

IT Information Technology

ITU-T International Telecommunication Unit-Telecommunication Standardization Sector

JCR Journal Citation Report

KPI Key Performance Indicator

LAN Local Area Network

LC Light Communications

LiFi Light Fidelity

LTE Long Term Evolution

M2M Machine to Machine

MAC Media Access Control

MAN Metropolitan Area Network


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MANO Management and Orchestration

MAPRG Measurement and Analysis for Protocol Research Group

MDT Minimization of Drive Tests

MEC Multi-access Edge Computing

ML Machine Learning

mmWave millimeter Wave

mmWT millimeter Wave Transmission

MNO Mobile Network Operator

MON Monitoring Module

MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching

MWC Mobile World Congress

NETCONF Network Configuration

NFV Network Function Virtualization

NFVI Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure

NMRG Network Management Research Group

NPN Non-Public Networks

NSD Network Service Descriptor

NSH Network Service Header

NSI Network Slice Instance

NST Network Slice Template

OAM Operation, Administration and Management

OCC Optical Camera Communications

OCS Orchestration and Control System

O-CU O-RAN Central Unit

O-DU O-RAN Distributed Unit

OFC Optical Fiber Communications

ONAP Open Networking Automation Platform

ONDM Optical Network Design and Modelling

ONOS Open Networking Operating System

OPEX Operational Expenditure

OPs Organizational Partners

ORAN Open Radio Access Network

OSF OpenStack Foundation

OSFG Open Source Focus Group

OSG Open Source Group

OSI Open System Interconnection

OSM Open Source MANO

PAR Project Authorization Request

PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol

PHY Physical layer

PNF Physical Network Function

PoC Proof-of-Concepts

POL Policy Module

R&D Research and Development


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RACH Radio Access Channel

RAT Radio Access Technology

RCA Root Cause Analysis

REST Representational State Transfer

RFC Request for Comments

RG Research Group

RIC Radio Intelligent Controller

RRU Radio Remote Unit

RT Real Time

SA Services & Systems Aspects

SA Standards Association

SDFG Standard Development Focus Group

SDN Software Defined Network

SDO Standard Developing Organization

SFC Service Function Chaining

S-GW Serving Gateway

SI Study Items

SLA Service Level Agreement

SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprise

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

SNPN Standalone Non-Public Network

S-NSSAI Single – Network Slice Selection Assistance Information

SON Self-Organizing Network

STD Standard

SW Software

TEAS Traffic Engineering Architecture and Signalling

TEE Trusted Execution Environments

TG Task Group

THz Terahertz

TIFG Test & Integration Focus Group

TN Transport Network

TSDSI Telecommunications Standards Development Society of India

TSG Technical Specification Groups

TSN Time-Sensitive Networking

TTA Telecommunications Technology Association

TTC Telecommunication Technology Committee

UE User Equipment

UPF User Plane Function

URLLC Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications

VIM Virtualized Infrastructure Manager

VM Virtual Machine

VNF Virtual Network Function

VNFD Virtual Network Function Descriptor

vRAN virtual Radio Access Network


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WAN Wireless Area Network

WAT Wireless Access Technology

WG Working Group

WI Working Items

Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity

WLAN Wireless Local Area Network

WNG SC Wireless Next Generation Standing Comity

WP Work Package

WTC WeTheCurious

ZSM Zero-touch network and Service Management


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Executive Summary

This document represents the deliverable D6.1 “Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of the project

results”, envisaged in the framework of 5G-CLARITY’s Work Package 6 (WP6), including the

communication plan for the project. This plan considers all the activities related to the promotion of

the 5G-CLARITY project and its results beyond the project own community. This also includes the

dissemination of 5G-CLARITY contributions in a way that is easily understood by a non-specialist

audience, e.g., the media and the general public.

The dissemination plan for the first year, the exploitation plan, and the standardization plan are also

reported. The Dissemination plan includes activities boosting awareness of 5G-CLARITY results in the

scientific community, working on the same research field. In general, this will be carried out through

publications in high impact journals/magazines, and participation and organization of technical events.

The exploitation plan covers activities aiming at using the results in further research activities other

than those covered by the project, such as developing, creating and marketing products or processes,

creating and providing a service. The standardization plan seeks to ensure that the key concepts of

the 5G-CLARITY contributions are proposed and adopted in the relevant standards. This document

also identifies relevant open-source activities to be developed along the project execution.

This first 5G-CLARITY deliverable also briefly reports early exploitation and dissemination

achievements.

As part of the Work Package 6 (WP6), the plan included here will be complemented by the following

deliverables. For each document, the delivery date is also provided:

D6.2 Interim report on innovation management: Month 9.

D6.3 Mid-term report on dissemination and communication activities: Month 15.

D6.4 Mid-term report on standards engagements: Month 18.

D6.5 Final report on innovation management, exploitation and Intellectual Property (IPR):

Month 27.

D6.6 Final report on dissemination and communication: Month 30.


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1 Introduction

This deliverable presents the project plan concerning with the dissemination actions and an initial

roadmap for the exploitation activities and reporting on the establishment of the External Advisory

Board.

1.1 Organisation of the document

This document is structured in eight sections. Following the introduction section, Section 2 describes

the target audience, Section 3 includes the communication plan of the project. Section 4 provides the

dissemination plan. Section 5 describes 5G-CLARITY exploitation plan, including a) product and

services, b) products/platforms for vendors Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and verticals;

and c) patents and licensing. Section 6 gathers the standardization plan and roadmap as well as open-

source activities. Section 7 reports the early achievements, including communications, dissemination,

standardization, exploitation actions and the establishment of the External Advisory Board. Finally,

Section 8 concludes the document and provides pointers to upcoming work in these topics.


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2 Communication and Dissemination Target Audience

Table 2-1 describes both the 5G-CLARITY communication and dissemination target audience along

with their main interests in the project. The classification considers different types of target audience,

i.e., industry verticals, vendors and service providers, network operators, SMEs, open-source

communities, SDOs, academia and research centres, and generic public.

Table 2-1: Target audience for communication and dissemination activities

Target

Audience Description Interest in 5G-CLARITY project

Industry

Verticals

They are companies that offer

niche products and services in a

specific market (e.g.,

automotive, energy, food and

agriculture, city management,

healthcare, manufacturing,

public transportation, etc.).

Industry verticals could leverage the work

carried out in 5G-CLARITY to boost the

digitalization of the industry procedures in

their own venues, improving in this way the

operational efficiency of these procedures.

Additionally, 5G-CLARITY contributions will

enable them to open up new business

opportunities through the sharing of their own

network infrastructures with different

network operators (neutral host).

Vendors and

Service

Providers

They are organizations that

provide Information

Technology (IT) solutions

and/or services to end users or

third parties.

Vendors and Service Providers could require

the 5G-CLARITY contributions in order not to

be limited by the deployment of novel Fifth

Generation (5G) services via public networks

only (i.e., those managed by network

operators), but also considering the use of

private networks of industry verticals (e.g.,

extending coverage area and/or increasing

capacity using additional access technologies

such as Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) and Light

Fidelity (LiFi)).

Network

Operators

They are the companies that

currently provide network

services through their own

wireless infrastructure to end-

users. In the years to come,

they will also provide these

services to industry verticals

(i.e., using network slicing).

Network operators can adopt the 5G-CLARITY

solutions to deploy end-to-end 5G services

along public (i.e., their own wireless

infrastructure) and private networks (i.e.,

infrastructure of industry verticals). Thereby,

operators could easily offer 5G capabilities

short term to industry verticals and increase

the coverage and capacity (e.g. indoors) that

otherwise their public wireless infrastructure

would not be able to achieve.

Small and

Medium

Representing the 99% of all

businesses in the European

Union (EU), they are non-

subsidiary, independent

Being SMEs key players in the EU economy,

they must have more visibility and active

participation in the advancements performed

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Entreprises

(SMEs)

companies which maintain

revenues, assets, or a number

of employees below a certain

threshold.

advocates the direct and/or indirect

involvement of SMEs in the integration of

cellular, Wi-Fi and LiFi technologies along

public and private networks.

Open-Source

Communities

They are communities which

develop software whose

source code is made freely

available to any interested

person.

Due to the rise of Open Source Communities

and their benefits, some of the developments

carried out in 5G-CLARITY will be based on

open source contributions such as Open

Source MANO (OSM), Open Network

Operating System (ONOS), OpenStack,

free5GC, etc.

Standard

Developing

Organizations

(SDOs)

They are organizations which

are responsible for developing

technical standards to address

the needs of specific fields.

5G-CLARITY plans to contribute to

standardization and regulatory-related

activities in key SDOs for 5G: 3rd Generation

Partnership Project (3GPP), Internet

Engineering Task Force (IETF), European

Telecommunications Standards Institute

(ETSI), Open Radio Access Network (ORAN),

and Institute of Electrical and Electronics

Engineers (IEEE).

Academia and

Research

Centres

They are institutions whose

main activities are focused on

addressing unsolved technical

issues in specific areas.

Since the Information and Communication

Technology (ICT)-20 call encompasses 5G Long

Term Evolution, most of the 5G-CLARITY

project activities will involve novel

contributions with the aim of improving

current solutions for 5G implementations. 5G-

CLARITY will create new research directions

with advanced testbeds and novel scenarios.

General Public Anyone interested in the 5G-

CLARITY project.

5G-CLARITY can draw the attention of people

interested in the technological viewpoint of

the project (e.g., integration of multiple radio

access technologies) as well as the business

perspective (e.g., legal issues to manage the

public and private networks). Additionally, 5G-

CLARITY can boost the citizenship perspective

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3 Communication Plan

The communication plan of 5G-CLARITY aims to engender a distinguishable impact on the project’s

stakeholders and the audiences that go beyond the project’s own community, including the general

public and the medias. This section defines the project identifier, the communication activities that

will be carried out in 5G-CLARITY project throughout its lifetime, the external/internal communication

channels, and social medias.

3.1 Project Identifier

The first task in the communication and dissemination of the main activities carried out by 5G-CLARITY

is the definition of a unique identifier that easily allows the target audience to identify the project. For

that reason, the 5G-CLARITY consortium has established a dedicated logo for the project as Figure 3.1

shows. This logo is included in all the 5G-CLARITY communication channels, deliverables, presentation

slides, leaflets, posters, etc.

Figure 3.1: 5G-CLARITY project logo

3.2 Communication channels

The communication activities will be targeted at the audience described in Table 2-1. To carry out

these activities, all partners in the 5G-CLARITY consortium will be actively involved in a) internal

communication channels, b) external communication channels and c) social media. This section

provides a detailed insight into the tools used for these channels.

3.2.1 Internal Communication Tools

For internal communications between partners, 5G-CLARITY consortium uses Basic Support for

Cooperative Work (BSCW) Workspace server as a repository. BSCW, which was developed by the

Fraunhofer Society, is a workspace software package for collaboration over the web. This software

enables the partners exchange materials: document library, deliverables, partner’s information, etc.

The aim of this repository is to ease the organization of the internal work throughout the project

lifetime. In Figure 3.2, a screenshot of the 5G-CLARITY internal repository is shown.

Figure 3.2: 5G-CLARITY’s BSCW web interface


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3.2.2 External Communication Tool: Project website

The most important communication tool for external communications is the official project website

(http://www.5gclarity.eu/ , http://www.5gclarity.com/). Depicted in Figure 3.3, this website was

launched in December 2019 with the purpose of allowing the target audience to understand the scope,

goals and achievements of this project.

Figure 3.3: 5G-CLARITY project website home page

Website content will be regularly updated and maintained until the end of the project by all the

partners of 5G-CLARITY consortium. To ease accessibility, the website content has been split in the

following sections:

Home: It is the main page of 5G-CLARITY website, which enables an easier browsing of the

website content. It also contains links to the social media channels (see section 3.2.3).

Project: It contains an overall description of this project, gathering the 5G-CLARITY vision,

concept, innovation, demonstrators and impact.

News: Includes relevant news about 5G-CLARITY activities and results, which will also be

spread through the 5G-CLARITY social media channels to increase the project visibility.

Events: Publishes the main events related to the 5G-CLARITY project.

Dissemination: It lists all the publicly accessible deliverables produced by 5G-CLARITY and

presents the contributions to standardisation bodies and the publications in high impact

peer-reviewed journals, magazines and conferences.

Partners: It provides a description of each partner of 5G-CLARITY consortium.

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Contact: It contains a contact form to send a message to the project coordinator, project

manager and technical coordinator for all relevant communications with the 5G-CLARITY

consortium.

To measure the impact of 5G-CLARITY project website, we collect performance statistics such as:

number of users visiting the website, number of sessions, average session duration, bounce rate, etc.

3.2.3 Social Media tools: Twitter, Linkedln, YouTube, Others

5G-CLARITY exploits relevant social medias such as Twitter, Linkedln and YouTube to promote the

potential benefits of the solutions proposed in the project. All the project social media accounts can

be accessed from the project website and target to have at least 100-200 followers by the end of the

project. The actions carried out in each social media account are briefly described in the following

sections.

3.2.3.1 Twitter

Twitter is one of the most popular social networks and is widely used by the scientific community as

a tool to communicate their results. In the same way as other 5G-PPP projects, 5G-CLARITY consortium

has set up a Twitter account (https://twitter.com/5G_CLARITY) on 8th of November 2019 with the aim

of providing information about the ongoing activities throughout the project lifetime. Figure 3.4 shows

a screenshot of the main 5G-CLARITY Twitter page.

Figure 3.4: 5G-CLARITY project Twitter account

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3.2.3.2 Linkedln

Linkedln is a business and employment-oriented social network. Since Linkedln is tailored for

professionals, it is well suited to communicate the activities and contributions carried out in 5G-

CLARITY project. To that end, 5G-CLARITY consortium has created a Linkedln group

(https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12331231/) in December 2019. The main purpose of this group is

to open 5G-CLARITY target audience. The Linkedln group intends to foster discussions on relevant

aspects of the project, advertise news and events, and collect stakeholder’ opinions. Figure 3.5 shows

a screenshot of the Linkedln group.

Figure 3.5: 5G-CLARITY project LInkedln account

3.2.3.3 YouTube

YouTube is the most popular video-sharing platform in the world, thus it is the perfect social channel

to broadcast the main activities carried out in the project. For that reason, 5G-CLARITY hosts a

YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAZgpXA-Ud-l8TMfTBPxxw/about) that

provides video content produced by the project to stakeholders. Figure 3.6 presents a screenshot of

the YouTube channel.

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12331231/

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Figure 3.6: 5G-CLARITY project YouTube channel

3.2.3.4 Others

In addition to the social media channels set up by the 5G-CLARITY consortium, the 5G-PPP channels

(i.e. 5G-PPP website, 5G-PPP channels for Twitter, Linkedln, YouTube) also announce the most

relevant achievements of 5G-CLARITY project as well as its main news and events. As an example,

Figure 3.7 shows the 5G-PPP communication of the starting of 5G-CLARITY project within the 5G-PPP

Phase 3 projects (see https://5g-ppp.eu/5g-ppp-phase-3-projects/).

Figure 3.7: News about the 5G-CLARITY project kick-off within the 5G-PPP Phase 3 projects.

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4 Dissemination Plan

The objective of the Horizon 2020 (H2020) programme is to invest in research that will bring Europe

at the heart of research and innovation and drive its economic growth. This goal cannot be achieved

if the outcomes of funded projects are not properly communicated to Industry, Academia and the

public in general.

In this sense, to maximise the social, economic and technical benefits of 5G-CLARITY, maximum

priority will be given to dissemination.

Particularly, 5G-CLARITY dissemination consists of providing information to key actors on the

initiatives and results of the project that means a real advance in the frontier of knowledge. In terms

of 5G-CLARITY, this involves spreading the word about the scientific project successes and outcomes

as far as possible.

For the abovementioned goal, this section reports the envisaged 5G-CLARITY dissemination actions,

including the estimated outcomes for year 1 for all the partners (Table 4-1), as well as potential

synergies and collaborations to be established with other projects.

Table 4-1: Dissemination outcomes for Year 1

PARTNER ACTION

Publications Talks/Panels Workshops Demonstrations

IHP 2 2 0 0

ACC 0 1 0 0

BOSCH 0 2 0 0

GIGS 0 2 0 0

I2CAT 2 2 1 0

TID 1 2 0 0

IDCC 1 1 0 1

LMI 1 0 0 0

PLF 1 1 0 0

UEDIN 1 1 0 0

UGR 11 0 1 0

UNIVBRIS 2 3 0 0

TOTAL 22 19 2 1

4.1 Dissemination Actions

At the outset of the project, the following ambitions related to the dissemination plan can be reported:

Scientific Publications in leading conferences and journals: to generate awareness and induce

constructive comments and feedback from the scientific and industrial research community.

Organization of magazines and journal special issues, and books: The members of the consortium

have been, and are very active, in organizing journal special issues related to the 5G-CLARITY research

areas. These constitute very important forums for presenting the achieved results to the scientific and

industrial communities.

Participation in program committees and editorial boards: The 5G-CLARITY project members are

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journals. Examples of program committees and editorial boards project members are involved in are:

Optical Network Design and Modelling (ONDM), Optical Fiber Communications (OFC), and European

Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC).

4.1.1 Scientific Publications

One of the activities envisioned in the 5G-CLARITY dissemination plan is the scientific publication in

leading conferences and journals.

The scientific results of the project will be described and exposed in papers of prestigious international

journals and conferences. These publications will be referenced on the project’s website.

5G-CLARITY will target high-level IEEE conferences and peer-reviewed journals related to the project’s

topics. The targeted conferences are, amongst others, IEEE International Conference on

Communications (IEEE ICC), IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio

Communications (IEEE PIMRC), IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM), IEEE

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), EuCNC. We will also target top

peer-reviewed journals as Table 4-2 shows, including, amongst others, IEEE Transactions on Network

and Service Management, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Communication Magazine,

and IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. The project aims to have an average of more than 10

publications submitted per year in such journals and/or conferences.

Table 4-2: List of relevant journals to 5G-CLARITY

Journal Name Year Category Quartile Impact Factor

IEEE Transactions on

Network and Service

Management

2018 Computer Science,

Information Systems Q1 4.682

IEEE Transactions on

Mobile Computing 2018 Telecommunications Q1 4.474

IEEE Communication

Magazine 2018 Telecommunications Q1 10.356

IEEE Wireless

Communications 2018 Telecommunications Q1 11.000

4.1.2 Talks/Panels/Webinars/Whitepapers

Among the dissemination tasks of the project, there are other kinds of scientific dissemination

activities such as talks, panels, webinars and whitepapers. In these mentioned activities, 5G-CLARITY

will also spread features and benefits of the developed technologies and innovations to the research

community.

4.1.3 Workshops

Another target of dissemination in 5G-CLARITY is the organization of highly directed workshops. 5G-

CLARITY members are very active and feature a vast expertise in organising flagship conference

workshops and special sessions in the technical areas of the project. For example, members of the

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CLARITY will take the lead in organizing at least one international workshop (possibly with

collaboration with other H2020 projects), as a premiere opportunity to present project results in a

very interactive and formal environment.

4.1.4 Demonstrations

The demonstration of 5G-CLARITY use cases, characterized by a high density of devices and

heterogeneous services, will create new and realistic opportunities for generating competitive

advantages for private venue owners and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). In this project, the

following demonstrations will be performed:

Demonstration in the WeTheCurious (WTC) museum: There will be a system-level

demonstration of the 5G-CLARITY architecture enabling a beyond 5G application in a private

venue, where museum visitors enjoy an enhanced human-robot interaction. 5G-CLARITY will

leverage the 5GUK testbed facility already available in Bristol and maintained by UNIVBRIS. It

is worth noting that this facility has already been used to support demonstrations in various

5G-PPP projects, such as 5G-XHaul (Phase-1), 5G-PICTURE (Phase-2). It will also be used to

support 5G-VICTORI (Phase-3), and several national 5G projects in the UK.

Demonstration in the BOSCH factory: It consists of another system-level demonstration in a

BOSCH factory, of how 5G-CLARITY architecture enables enhanced positioning for Automated

Guided Vehicles (AGV) monitoring, and network slicing to support Industry 4.0 applications.

The demonstration of factory related use cases considered in 5G-CLARITY will contribute to

the improvement of the social well-being of citizens because of the increment of factory

productivity and the quality enhancement of the goods produced.

4.2 Collaborations with other projects

The 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP) is a joint initiative between the European

Commission and European ICT industry. It was created with the purpose of reinforcing the leadership

of European industry in 5G technology to successfully compete on global markets and open new

innovation opportunities.

5G-CLARITY was retained in response to the 5G-PPP ICT-20-2019 call. The Project is one of the

members (out of eight (8) projects) that belong to 5G PPP Phase 3, Part 4. The “5G Long Term Evolution”

title implicitly defines the nature of the work it is expected in the next 30 months. More generally, and

according to 5G-PPP [1]:

Whilst 5G early introduction targets “local” network improvements (e.g. at radio access level), the

longer term vision targets the realisation of pervasive mobile virtual services, through a network

managing compute, storage and transport connectivity functions in an integrated way. The challenge

is to transform the network into a low energy distributed computer, where processes and applications

are dynamically created, moved and suppressed, depending on the information flows, customer needs,

and where new terminal types in cars, objects, appliances, and new interfaces based on gestures, facial

expressions, sound and haptics may be the basis of the interaction between humans and the

infosystems.

5G-CLARITY will actively collaborate with other 5G-PPP and non-5G-PPP projects given the framework

of collaboration (Collaboration Agreement) embedded in the Grant Agreement of ICT-20 projects,

where the information can be shared with peer projects. 5G-CLARITY builds up on previous work that

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Table 4-3 describes the relation between 5G-CLARITY and previous projects.

Table 4-3: Potential areas of contribution between 5G-CLARITY and other running projects.

Project Partners involved

Areas of contribution

H2020 5G-PICTURE

(Phase-2)

I2CAT, IHP,

UNIVBRIS

5G-CLARITY will feed from 5G-PICTURE contributions that feature Sub-6 and millimeter Wave (mmWave) platforms to achieve high accuracy positioning and synchronization capabilities.

H2020 5GCity (Phase-2)

I2CAT, UNIVBRIS,

ACC

5GCity builds an SDN/NFV based multi-tenant distributed cloud and radio platform that enables municipalities and infrastructure owners to act as 5G neutral hosts. This platform will be used as the basis for the SDN/NFV management platform used in 5G-CLARITY.

H2020 5G-TRANSFORMER

(Phase-2)

IDCC, TID 5G-TRANSFORMER defines a Software Defined Network (SDN)/Network Function Virtualization (NFV) based architecture using slicing, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) and federation as key concepts to meet vertical industries’ (eHealth, automotive, Industry 4.0 and media) requirements in 5G mobile networks. 5G-CLARITY will study the end-to-end slicing concepts developed in 5G-TRANSFORMER.

H2020 5GinFIRE TID 5GinFIRE develops an Open, and Extensible 5G NFV-based Reference (Open5G-NFV) ecosystem of Experimental Facilities that lays down the foundations for instantiating fully softwarised architectures of vertical industries and experimenting with them. 5G-CLARITY will use the OSM deployed for 5GinFIRE baseline orchestration solution, extending it with necessary features for NF sharing and Heterogeneous Radio Access Technology (HetRAT) management integration.

H2020 5G-VINNI (Phase-3)

TID 5G-VINNI provides an end-to-end facility spanning various European sites that validates the performance of new 5G technologies by operating trials of advanced vertical sector services. 5G-CLARITY will leverage from 5G-VINNI: (i) the model-based solutions for network slicing management and (ii) the monitoring mechanisms to allow data-driven lifecycle management of E2E slices with great level of automation.

EPSRC 5G Testbed and Trials

UNIVBRIS Programme created to boost the UK digital infrastructure by setting up the 5G testbed facilities across UK as part of the trials. The testbed developed in Bristol provides a platform for development of several use cases in the context of an integrated Smart City. 5G-CLARITY will leverage this existing testbed for Key Performance Indicator (KPI) validation and to support the museum use case.

EPSCR TOUCAN UNIVBRIS, UEDIN,

PLF

TOUCAN aims to achieve ultimate network convergence enabled by a technology agnostic architecture targeting a wide range of applications and end users. This architecture will facilitate optimal interconnection of any network technology domains, networked devices and data sets with high flexibility, resource and energy efficiency. 5G-CLARITY will build on the architectural principles for convergence developed in TOUCAN.

EU/H2020 EMPOWER

IDCC The project focuses on advanced wireless experimental platforms for 5G and Beyond 5G. The insights gained from EMPOWER regarding experimental platforms and optimization tools are quite relevant to 5G-CLARITY.

EU/H2020 5G-CORAL

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and WP2 leader in 5G-CORAL. The 5G-CORAL Multi-RAT convergence aspects and the distributed computing platform are particularly relevant to 5G-CLARITY.

EU/H2020 5GZORRO

I2CAT

TID

5GZORRO investigates application of blockchain technologies to 5G. In particular, 5GZORRO incorporates a use case for dynamic spectrum allocation based on transactions executed in a blockchain powered market. 5G-CLARITY will consider the bandwidth management requirements spanning from that use case, and will feed to 5GZORRO the bandwidth management capabilities for 5G, Wi-Fi and Li-Fi developed in the project.

EU/H2020 5G-COMPLETE

ACC

IHP UNIVBRIS

Any of the developments and enhancements to be done on the ACC’s dRAX platform as part of 5G-CLARITY could potentially be integrated and considered also in the ACC dRAX platform to be used in 5G-COMPLETE. There could be potential common papers, presentations, workshops, between both projects within the context of the use of virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) and ORAN architectures in 5G projects.

IHP will build up a multi-core baseband processor platform for Terahertz (THz) communications. The lessons learned on positioning and synchronization can be incorporated to solutions for THz communications. Additionally, the solution developed in 5G-COMPLETE could be potentially integrated in factory environments.

EU/H2020 5GENESIS

IHP The work of IHP in 5GENESIS focuses on the development of an outdoor millimetre wave solution for terrestrial backhaul applications. Additional features will be added to this solution in the framework of 5G-CLARITY to equip the solution with positioning and network synchronization capabilities.

EU/H2020 5G-VICTORI

I2CAT

IHP

UNIVBRIS

5G-VICTORI demonstrates advanced media, energy and transportation vertical use cases making use of ICT-17 testbeds. 5G-CLARITY will consider the approach to integrate local test-sites and ICT-17 platforms adopted in 5G-VICTORI, and to devise mechanisms to integrate private and MNO networks. Some management components developed in 5G-VICTORI and preceding projects, such as the I2CAT RAN Controller or the UNIVBRIS 5GUKEx, will also be considered as building blocks for the 5G-CLARITY management plane developed in WP4.

EU/H2020 5G-Enhance

ACC Since 5G-ENHANCE started in 2018 and is currently on M17 any contributions from 5G-CLARITY towards 5G-ENHANCE will be unlikely

EU/H2020

WORTECS

PLF, IHP WORTECS and 5G-CLARITY both explore the possibility of LiFi technique in novel networks of either ultra-high capacity or capability of being integrated with 5G and Wi-Fi.

EU/H2020

ARIADNE

TID ARIADNE focuses on enabling high-bandwidth wireless communications by developing three complementary but critical new technologies for Beyond 5G networks in an integrated and innovative way: i) new radio technologies for communications using the above 100 GHz D-Band frequency ranges; ii) advanced connectivity based on metasurfaces, for shaping the propagation environment in D-band; iii) Machine Learning (ML)/AI techniques to provide continuous reliable high bandwidth connections using D-Band for Beyond 5G scenarios. 5G-CLARITY can leverage ARIADNE insights on D-Band to explore the applicability of this frequency ranges to provide extremely high throughputs and reliable connectivity within indoor, private environments such as factories.


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EU/H2020

INSPIRE-5GPlus

TID iNSPIRE-5Gplus project aims to serve the crucial objectives of intelligent security and pervasive trust required in private industrial environments, where interworking with public networks is expected for coverage and service continuity purposes. 5G-CLARITY will feed INSPIRE-5GPlus with industry 4.0 use cases and related requirements, so security-related assets such as Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), remote attestation/path proof/Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and end-to-end liability management between different parties, i.e. verticals and mobile network operators, can be applied and assessed.

EU/H2020

MonB5G

LMI MonB5G aims to develop zero-touch management and orchestration in the support of network slicing at massive scales for 5G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and beyond. The area of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ML supported slice management is being investigated in both MonB5G and 5G-CLARITY. Both projects will contribute to this topic and benefit from sharing insights gained.

EU/H2020

TERAWAY

TID TERAWAY will develop a disruptive generation of THz transceivers that can overcome the current limitations of THz technology and enable its commercial uptake, leveraging optical concepts and photonic integration techniques for this end. Similarly to ARIADNE, 5G-CLARITY can leverage TERAWAY outcomes on THz band to assess their applicability into indoor, private environments such as factories.


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5 Exploitation Plan

5.1 Product and services

The exploitation plan has been arranged for each partner category (verticals, vendors and service

providers, network operators, small and medium enterprises, academia and research centers) as

reported in the following sections.

5.1.1 Verticals

As one of the reference companies around the world, the objective for BOSCH is to improve their

strong position as innovation leader and increase their market share by introducing 5G-CLARITY results

technologies. In addition, BOSCH seeks the enhancement and accuracy of his own production, leading

improved production, logistic and quality methods, which could supply products with a competitive

advantage.

The application of the 5G-CLARITY results in the factory will improve the working environment for

workers and engineers, opening the possibility to allocate workers in positions requiring less physical

effort and in tasks more attractive to do.

The initial exploitation routed to be executed by BOSCH will be based in the technology application

and transfer of the knowledge, technologies and machines developed to other BOSCH factories,

including factories working in different activity sectors and assembly lines with different features.

The internal exploitation of results makes a better and direct understanding of the technology

requirements and cutting-edge technologies by the managers of the BOSCH group. Other BOSCH´s

factories for transference will be selected based on objective criteria such as current facilities, AGV

availability, etc.

The Bosch group consists of Robert Bosch GmbH and it comprises more than 300 subsidiaries and

regional companies in approximately 60 countries, with a total of 30,000 researchers and developers

in charge of the company.

Beyond the internal exploitation, the demonstration of the 5G-CLARITY results in different factories

open up new market opportunities.

Other exploitation activities can be listed as follows:

Productisation/operationalisation, further developments, integration into other services.

Showcase the 5G-CLARITY technologies developed.

Modelling systems able to sensibly address new concept in use of digitalization of the industry

procedures and flexibility to Layout changes.

Incorporating results into existing factories (clients, suppliers and other enterprises).

Background knowledge gained from 5G-CLARITY, national and internal programs, opening the

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5.1.2 Vendors and service providers

5.1.2.1 InterDigital

Through its participation in 5G-CLARITY, InterDigital (IDCC) intends to develop novel technologies

spanning across smart multi-connectivity solutions and AI-based management platforms. Being

InterDigital an active contributor in various SDOs, such as 3GPP, IETF and IEEE, major focus will be

directed toward identifying gaps in relevant standards that will be filled based on the project results

and experimentations. As an example, InterDigital is keen on exploring AI-based solutions considering

recommendations published by the ITU-T focus group on Machine Learning for Future Networks (FG-

ML5G) and potentially influencing other standards. In addition, InterDigital plans to integrate some of

the 5G-CLARITY solutions into Proof-of-Concepts (PoC), as shown in Figure 5.1, which will be

demonstrated at relevant exhibitions and conferences, including the Mobile World Congress (MWC)

and the European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC). More specifically, a 360-

degree video and robotic application will be enhanced by assessing new hybrid slicing solutions

allowing to simultaneously meet high-bandwidth demand and low-latency requirement dictated by

such applications. This is meant to support monetization by means of technology licensing or spin-off

and joint ventures toward commercial solutions offering.

Figure 5.1: Immersive telepresence PoC with robot actuation.

5.1.2.2 Ericcson LMI

Ericsson is one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to

telecommunication service providers, with a focus on developing game-changing technology and

services that are supported by artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). In this regard,

Ericsson seeks to transfer knowledge gained from developing AI/ML components in 5G-CLARITY into

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Figure 5.2: AI and automation help Ericsson to move towards zero-touch networks.

https://www.ericsson.com/en/ai-and-automation

While AI is helping to advance technology in many different areas of telecommunication (see Figure

5.2), one of Ericsson Ireland’s (LMI) main areas of interest is driving R&D in automating network

management and orchestration. In the context of 5G-CLARITY, LMI will investigate the use of AI/ML

for network management automation by leading the development of an AI/ML supported

management component. The developed tools will be evaluated on the 5G-CLARITY use cases in a

multi-Wireless Access Technology (WAT), ultrahigh-capacity and ultralow-latency scenario, with a

view to integrating the lessons learned into the Ericsson Network Manager software suite as well as

contributing aspects of the work to the Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP) platform and

the O-RAN architecture and interfaces.

5.1.3 Network operators

As the innovation company of a global integrated network service provider, TID will seek for

exploitation activities related to direct technology transfer to the relevant Business Units of Telefónica.

5G-CLARITY will provide a much wider, diverse and realistic environment for the exploration and

demonstration of vertical applications in novel indoor scenarios, focusing on (a) the use and

combination of different access technologies within the private venue, including 5G New Radio (5G

NR), Wi-Fi and LiFi; and (b) the integration of public network with the private venue’s network (i.e.

non-public network), in terms of connectivity (infrastructure layer) and interworking (management

and orchestration layer), to support the end-to-end execution of considered use cases.

TID will apply the experience gained in the 5G-CLARITY project to provide Telefónica business units

with a better and direct understanding of the requirements that they interplay with private venue

infrastructure operators will bring, and how Telefónica (taking the role of mobile network operator)

may rely on this interplay to expand their service footprint at reduced costs. Furthermore, with the

OSM extensions for multi-technology access support, TID foresees a direct enhancement of the

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experimentation and demonstration capabilities of 5TONIC facility (testlab fostered by Telefónica),

consolidating its position as a global reference for the evolution of 5G.

The target of this exploitation activities will be business units of the Telefónica Group in Europe and

worldwide, for which TID plans to:

Showcase the 5G-CLARITY innovative technologies and features.

Demonstrate the industry 4.0 applications to support the technological and business

validation of connectivity services scoping beyond 5G era.

Study and measure impact resulting from the extension of OSM functionality and demonstrate

through the different proof-of-concepts that this extension provides OSM with capabilities to

support holistic orchestration.

Provide the technology base and experience for the design and development of advanced,

beyond 5G services benefiting from the synergetic relations with private venue infrastructure

operators.

5.1.4 Small and medium enterprises

5.1.4.1 Accelleran (ACC)

Accelleran is an industrial SME delivering RAN/vRAN Software Solutions, Products and Services with a

very strong focus on the delivery of carrier grade virtualized, open and disaggregated RAN components

for ultra-dense 4G/5G networks. Within the scope of this project Accelleran seeks to generate USPs

and IPR that it can incorporate in their flagship dRAX™ Open Interface RAN Intelligence product (See

Figure 5.3) and enhance it with Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) capabilities integrating efficiently

different access technologies beyond LTE and 5G-NR, such as Wi-Fi and LiFi. Having a dRAX aligned to

O-RAN Alliance defined open and interoperable interfaces in addition to the ones defined within 3GPP

will enable the interworking with interoperable third-party components, be it white label thin radio

Hardware (HW) components or virtualised and orchestrated Software (SW) components service

chained to deliver end-to-end solutions. The strategic approach to leverage on interoperable and open

interfaces can not only enable the individual exploitation and offering of Accelleran components to

end customers and system integrators, but also allow for joint exploitation with other members of the

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Figure 5.3: Accelleran dRAX Open RAN Intelligence.

5.1.4.2 Gigasys Solutions (GIGS)

Gigasys Solutions (GIGS) is a startup on wireless consultancy and project management in the area of

collaborative R&D in ICT. Gigasys Solutions will use selected 5G-CLARITY results for strengthening its

consulting competency and to deliver value to its clients in the telecommunications industry across

Europe. The exploitation of 5G-CLARITY results by GIGS follows a three-step process:

Identification of exploitable project results on a continuous basis by key personnel,

Generation of White Papers and other information items based on the identified exploitable

project results,

Value creation for clients through discussions, follow-up research and innovation as well as

consulting on emerging networks, services, and applications related to the identified exploitable

project results.

In particular, Gigasys Solutions will advise its telco clients and partners via bi- and multi-lateral

exchanges, targeted workshops, and community-internal White Papers. Furthermore, Gigasys

Solutions will use 5G-CLARITY results to advise its clients on opportunities and risks arising from 5G-

CLARITY results and the impact they may have.

As 5G-CLARITY project manager, Gigasys Solutions has a key role in supporting the dissemination of

technical results obtained along the course of the project, such as arranging workshops, preparing

brochures and leaflets, etc. Gigasys Solutions also will support the project’s Innovation Manager

(pureLiFi) to foster the project’s ambitious targets in exploitation of the results, and in managing and

monitoring the innovation process in the project.

5.1.4.3 pureLiFi Ltd (PLF)

PureLiFi Ltd (PLF) is a leader in the commercialisation of LiFi, developing and delivering technology

since 2006 for secure, reliable, high-speed communication networks that seamlessly integrate data

and lighting utility infrastructures and significantly reduce energy consumption.

Since 5G-CLARITY use cases are key scenarios for integrating LiFi technology to the fabric of 5G systems,

PLF’s key personnel will identify exploitable project results on a continuous basis. PLF intends to

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standardisation activities. PLF aims to employ the project outcomes to improve product capability and

integrate into next generation HetNets. Meanwhile, PLF will use the findings of the project to align its

strategies and marketing. With the ideal ecosystem 5G-CLARITY provides for LiFi, PLF intends to exploit

the experience in building important business alliances and engaging new customers.

PLF will also support the project by taking on the role of innovation manager and assist in the creation

of new business opportunities.

5.1.5 Academia and research centres

5.1.5.1 University of Granada (UGR)

University of Granada (UGR) aims at presenting the results of the project in the main relevant

conferences, such as IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE International Conference on Computer

Communications (IEEE INFOCOM). Furthermore, the most important results will be submitted to

highly ranked journals specialised specialized on the field, such as IEEE Transactions on Networking,

Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Network, IEEE Transactions

on Communications, and IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. To impact on a broader

audience, we consider submitting the overall results to high impact IEEE Magazines.

The knowledge generated in the 5G-CLARITY project will be incorporated into UGR’s academic

activities, and considered in the undergraduate, master and PhD syllabus. This way, students will

benefit from the project’s state-of-the art results. Additionally, we expect to generate 5 bachelor

thesis, 7 master thesis, 4 PhD thesis. As an exploitable result, parts of a simulator, as well as extensions

for well-known simulator (as NS3 or OMNET++) will be set public as open source, so the academic and

research communities can build future projects based on these tools.

The results obtained within the UGR’s research will be considered for publication as a patent. We also

contemplate the creation of a spin-off.

5.1.5.2 University of Edinburgh (UEDIN)

As a public institution of higher education, the University of Edinburgh (UEDIN) is a non-profit

organization that will not perform commercial exploitation of the project’s results. Nevertheless, the

results may be used for research of advanced techniques and promoted to enable technology transfer

to industry.

The simulations and results of the 5G-CLARITY project will be submitted to high-impact scientific

publications and will be disseminated in social media and on the University’s website for wider reach.

The University of Edinburgh regularly submits publications to high impact journals such as IEEE/OSA

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

and IEEE Communications Magazine; and conferences like IEEE PIMRC, IEEE WCNC, International

Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

(IEEE VTC) and IEEE ICC.

The developed framework for interconnection of 5G, Wi-Fi, LiFi (see Figure 5.4) will be deployed in

the demonstration site in the University of Edinburgh. This demonstrator is used as a reference

platform for researchers and PhD students to evaluate the performance of new techniques and

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Figure 5.4: Wi-Fi/LiFi testbed (University of Edinburgh)

University of Edinburgh prepares custom designs for industrial partners, showing the suitability of

optical wireless as a complement to well-established RF techniques. By integrating the results of the

5G-CLARITY project, in particular the multi-technology coexistence framework for 5G/Wi-Fi/LiFi

networks, it is expected to widen the interest and facilitate the adoption by companies in multiple

sectors, as the reservations against a new technology are mitigated by existing deployments.

5.1.5.3 Fundació I2CAT (I2CAT)

I2CAT plans to evolve its R&D assets through the project in the following way. First, the I2CAT RAN

controller platform, which currently manages LTE Small Cells and Access Points (APs), will be extended

in T4.1 to control 5GNR gNBs and LiFi APs. This work will be performed together with ACC and

following the O-RAN architecture. Thus the outcome of this work is expected to result in a potential

transferable asset from I2CAT.

Second, the i2CAT positioning solution based on Optical Camera Communications (OCC) will be further

evolved, and potentially integrated with other technologies (LiFi, mmWave) in T3.4. Finally, the I2CAT

white box AP solution will be enhanced with the multi-connectivity and the 5G integration frameworks

developed in T3.2, which will better position the Wi-Fi solution from I2CAT for future 5G projects.

I2CAT intends to exploit all these R&D assets through scientific publications in peer reviewed journals

and conferences, e.g. IEEE Transactions on Service and Network Management, or IEEE ICC, and

through further research projects (e.g. new 5G-PPP projects). I2CAT will also actively explore the

commercial exploitation of these technologies by means of IPR licensing agreements with the

industrial partners of the project.

Finally, I2CAT will use the project outcomes to impact 5GBarcelona (www.5gbarcelona.org), which is

a private public partnership devoted to foster the validation of 5G verticals in the metropolitan area

of Barcelona.

5.1.5.4 University of Bristol (UNIVBRIS)

UNIVBRIS will contribute to the dissemination activities, by producing publications of high-quality

results in international media like peer reviewed journals and conferences (e.g., IEEE/OSA Journal of

Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE Transactions on Service and Network Management,

IEEE Communication Magazine, European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2020, OFC

2021, ICC 2021, etc.). On these articles, the objective will be to present results from studies and

experiments obtained from the planning, implementation and demonstration phases of use cases in


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Bristol.

UNIVBRIS will develop key framework for future Public and Private Co-existed networks with

interconnection of 5G, Wi-Fi, and LiFi. AI/ML will be developed to generate intelligent network

configuration policies within the 5G-CLARITY scenario, and will be demonstrated in the developed

testbed, to pave the way for deployments of AI in 5G networks. All the relevant technologies will be

demonstrated in the 5G-UK testbed in the University of Bristol. The UNIVBRIS will disseminate the

public demonstration information through social media and other websites, to reach more wide users

and leverage the impact of the research.

5.1.5.5 IHP GmbH (IHP)

The goal of IHP within 5G-CLARITY is to boost the development of positioning and synchronization

algorithms running on top of the different platforms available internally. Resulting localization HW

cores and SW implementations can be exploited together with the platforms via IHP's daughter

company "IHP Solutions". IHP plans as well to exploit the results academically via its annual summer

school, and lectures given at Universities in Berlin and the graduate school supporting PhD students

at IHP. Additionally, IHP plans to disseminate the work carried out in the project in high-ranked

journals and conferences.

5.2 Exploitation plan of products/platforms for vendors, SMEs and verticals

The exploitation plan of products/platforms has been arranged among individual partners. Each

partner’s interest in the exploitation within the scope of 5G-CLARITY project is described in Table 5-1,

as well as the routes for exploitation and the potential target audience.

Table 5-1: Exploitation plan of products/platforms within the scope of 5G-CLARITY project

PARTNER INTEREST IN THE EXPLOITATION ROUTES FOR

EXPLOITATION TARGET AUDIENCE

BOSCH

BOSCH sees 5G-CLARITY as a very

strategic project, as it is fully in line

with its current developments and

roadmap since provide additional

benefits since the productivity is

expected be enhanced by

improving the accuracy and the

quality BOSCH exploitation plans lie

in:

One of the most important

activity of exploitation of

results identified by BOSCH

will be the demonstration

and implementation in the

different factories of the

company at first level and

then export this model to

other companies in different

BOSCH Internal

collaborative network

Involvement of

BOSCH´s plants

director and managers

direct showcases in

the BOSCH factory

Other BOSCH´s

factories, both at

National (Spain) and

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activity sectors with

assembly lines.

The demonstration results

open up the market

opportunities.

The pilot and application

experiments and their

feedback that will increase

the application use cases and

the visibility of BOSCH

robots.

Finally, the working environment

from the perspective of the worker

will be improved. Workers can be

allocated to other tasks more

attractive, and with less physical

effort and harm on the worker’s

body.

ACC

The main Accelleran product

involved is the dRAX™ Open

Interface RAN Intelligence which

will be enhanced to support the

integration of LTE and 5G-NR with

other access technologies such as

Wi-Fi and LiFi.

Via delivery of

enhancements in

dRAX™ Open Interface

RAN Intelligence

roadmap

Accelleran dRAX™

Open Interface RAN

Intelligence

customer base

PLF

PLF is the market leader in LiFi

commercialization and its product,

LiFi-XC, is the world's first certified,

complete LiFi system. 5G-CLARITY

considers the key scenarios for

integrating LiFi technology to the

fabric of 5G systems. PLF intends to

exploit the developments of the

product in accuracy, quality and

capability while combining with Wi-

Fi and 5G technology. A better

understanding of market potentials

and business impacts will also be

the target of the exploitation.

PLF will work closely

with other partners

for integrating LiFi

technology to the 5G-

CLARITY architecture.

There are also on-site

test facilities to assist

in the debug and

validation of the

systems.

Academic,

Commercial

TID

TID will apply the experience

gained in the 5G-CLARITY project to

provide Telefónica Group with a

direct understanding of the

requirements that the interplay

with venue infrastructure operators

will bring, and how Telefónica as an

The activities

conducted as part of

the TID’s exploitation

plan can be arranged

into three main

groups. First,

showcase the 5G-

Business units of the

Telefónica Group in

Europe and

worldwide


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MNO may rely on this interplay to i)

expand their service footprint at

reduced costs, and ii) to find new

revenue sources through Network-

Slice-as-a-Service (NSaaS) model.

TID will also leverage to enhance

the mechanisms supporting edge

and in-network computing services

and their management by the

Telefonica Group. Furthermore,

with the OSM extensions for

advanced access network support,

TID foresees a direct enhancement

of the 5TONIC experimentation and

demonstration capabilities (lab

fostered by Telefonica),

consolidating its position as a global

reference for the evolution of 5G

globally, and in particular, for

Telefonica Group.

CLARITY innovative

technologies.

Secondly,

study and measure

impact resulting from

the extension of OSM

functionality, and

demonstrate through

the different proof-of-

concepts that this

extension provides

OSM with capabilities

to support holistic

orchestration in the

overall system. Finally,

provide Telefónica

group with the

technology base and

experience for the

design and

development of

advanced products

and services

benefiting from the

synergetic relations

with venue

infrastructure

operators.

IDCC

InterDigital aims at developing

smart multi-connectivity solutions

and AI-based management

platforms. Furthermore, the

outcomes of 5G-CLARITY will be

used to steer the standardization

activities, in particular within the

3GPP. Finally, InterDigital intends to

showcase novel 5G-CLARITY

technologies integrated into a PoC

that will be showcased in relevant

venues. This will help to build

potential collaborations and

partnerships with industry players

and vertical consumers.

Technology showcase

in relevant venues

Licensing

Partnership

development

Industry players

Vertical consumers

LMI

Ericsson seeks to transfer

knowledge gained from developing

AI/ML platforms and components

into existing line-ups to strengthen

Insights gained from

Proof-of-Concept

development as well

as the developed

Ericsson internal

R&D, open source

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our portfolio in AI/ML R&D,

particularly in the area of

automating network management

and orchestration

technologies will be

made available to

Ericsson internal R&D

and potentially to the

open source

community


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6 Standardization plan

6.1 Plan for Year 1

The project has set the following three objectives for the standardization activities:

1. Create and maintain a project standardization activity roadmap. This roadmap will capture the

standardization activities that may influence or get influenced by the project technological

innovations. It will keep track of existing or upcoming industry specifications or

recommendations that may affect the project technological choices and identify opportunities

for the project to contribute its proposed solutions to present and future standardization

groups.

2. Disseminate the project into the standardization forums to raise awareness and help create

an opportunity for standardization exploitation.

3. Contribute through the partners (individually or jointly) with project-related technology

proposals into the relevant standardization forums.

The above objectives remain applicable over the whole project duration. With focus on Year 1, it is

anticipated that the activities will first involve the creation of the project standardization activity

roadmap. As the design of the project solutions progresses, we anticipate seeing more efforts spent

on standardization dissemination and contributions.

6.2 Relevant standardization activities

6.2.1 3GPP

3GPP covers cellular telecommunications technologies, including radio access network (RAN), core

network (CN) and service capabilities, which provide a complete system description for mobile

telecommunications. The 3GPP specifications provides hooks for non-radio access to the core network,

and for interworking with non-3GPP networks. 3GPP specifications and studies are contribution-

driven, by member companies, in Working Groups and at the Technical Specification Group level. The

three Technical Specification Groups (TSG) in 3GPP are; Radio Access Networks (RAN), Services &

Systems Aspects (SA), Core Network & Terminals (CT).

As shown in Figure 6.1, 3GPP connects seven standard development organizations (Association of

Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB), Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS),

China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), ETSI, Telecommunications Standards

Development Society of India (TSDSI), Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA),

Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC)), known as “Organizational Partners (OPs),”, which

take part in the project coordination group, whose responsibility is to manage and coordinate

activities inside the three technical specification groups. Furthermore, written contributions are

submitted to 3GPP meetings by 3GPP member organizations. The meeting calendar describes the

schedule of the meetings. 3GPP Release cycle is approximately 15 months. There are plenary sessions

that approve the content of the release before the release cycle starts.


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Figure 6.1: 3GPP organization.

3GPP is the main SDO in the 5G-CLARITY project targeting at specifications of radio access networks

(RAN) and core networks (CN) of cellular communication systems.

As shown in Figure 6.2, the specifications of Rel-16 is to be completed on the Q1 of 2019 and the

Release 17 is just about to start. The release 17 is anticipated to be completed in Q2 of 2021 and

release 18 is expected to follow the release 1. As a result, 5G-CLARITY is expected to be able to impact

3GPP activities in Release 17 and to set the stage for new study items that may be covered in Release

18.

Several Study Items (SI) and Working Items (WI) relating to 5G-CLARITY have been identified by 3GPP

in SA and RAN working groups in release 17, addressing aspects such as Industrial IoT & Ultra-Reliable

and Low Latency Communications (URLLC), RAN Data collection enhancements, Network Data

Analytics, Non-Public Networks, 5G-Local Area Network (LAN) type service, Edge Computing on 5G

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Figure 6.2: 3GPP 5G NR timeline.

In the following, we present some of the 3GPP activities that will be relevant in 5G-CLARITY:

RAN1/RAN2

o NR Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS): this work item intends to investigate how LTE

and NR systems can share the same carrier, specifically how to ensure sufficient

scheduling capacity for NR users, as the number of NR devices in the network

increases.

RAN2/RAN3

o Non-Public Networks Enhancements: this study item looks to enhance RAN support to

non-public networks based on new features defined in the SA2 technical group.

o NR Positioning enhancements: this study item aims at exploring solutions to support

high accuracy, low latency, network efficiency and device efficiency requirements for

commercial use cases, as well as studying solutions to support integrity and reliability

of assistance data and position information.

RAN2

o NR for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): The work item should specify techniques to

support Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) duplication with higher reliability

and/or better efficiency, intra-UE prioritization/multiplexing, and mechanisms

catering for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) traffics. Furthermore, it also specifies

necessary enhancements required to support identification and selection of non-

public networks.

RAN3

o NR SON/Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) enhancements: this work item looks to

enhance the support to of data collection for Self-Organizing Network (SON) features,

including inter-system inter-RAT energy saving, 2-step Radio Access Channel (RACH)

optimization, mobility enhancement optimization and leftovers of Rel-16 work items.

RAN SA2

o Study on enhanced support of Non-Public Networks (FS_eNPN– enhanced support for

Non-Public Networks): this study item will investigate further enhancements to the


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5GS support for NPNs, including User Equipment (UE) onboarding and remote

provisioning, support for equivalent Standalone Non-Public Network (SNPN) and for

non-3GPP access for SNPN services.

o Study on Access Traffic Steering, Switch and Splitting support in the 5G system

architecture Phase 2 (FS_ATSSS_Ph2): this study item will focus on extending the

Access Traffic Steering, Switch and Splitting (ATSSS) feature which enables the UE to

simultaneously be connected to both 3GPP access and non-3GPP access. The specific

aspects will include traffic splitting support for Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) traffic, more

advanced steering modes, additional steering methods, as well as certain roaming

scenarios that were not supported in Rel-16.

o Study on enhancement of support for 5G LAN-type service (FS_5GLAN_enh): this study

item will evaluate solutions to meet SA1 5G LAN-type service requirement specified

in TS 22.261, such as enhancement of 5G VN group management and 5G VN group

communication

RAN SA5

o Study on management aspects of non-public networks (FS_OAM_NPN): this study

item discusses use cases and requirements for the management of stand-alone Non-

Public Networks (NPNs) and public network-integrated NPNs, from the service-based

management architecture viewpoint.

In addition, Table 6-1 provides an overview of the 3GPP study items that might be relevant to 5G-

CLARITY.

Table 6-1: Summary of 3GPP study items potentially relevant to 5G-CLARITY.

WG Study item On-going work relevant for 5G-

CLARITY

RAN1/RAN2 DSS

Spectrum sharing is one of the main 5G-

CLARITY research topics. This study item

first investigates solutions for spectrum

sharing between NR and LTE.

RAN2/RAN3

NPN_enh

In 5G-CLARITY, non-public networks

play a big role and any enhancement

will be investigated during the

architecture development phase.

FS_NR_pos_enh

Positioning enhancements will be a key

topic in 5G-CLARITY and this study item

well fits with ambitions of the project

RAN2 NR_IIOT

RAN enhancements for Industrial IoT

use cases will be of interest in 5G-

CLARITY, as the project involves

industrial use cases.

RAN3 NR_ENDC_SON_MDT_enh

This item aims to improve the 3GPP data

collection feature, which in 5G-CLARITY

will be essential to feed the AI sub-

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SA2

FS_eNPN

The core network enhancements for

NPNs support will also be strategical in

5G-CLARITY.

FS_ATSSS_Ph2

This study item can impact on potential

solutions devised to enable multi-WAT

connectivity in 5G-CLARITY.

FS_5GLAN_enh

5G LAN enhancements may be relevant

to the use cases proposed in the

projects, i.e., AR and Industry 4.0.

SA5 FS_OAM_NPN

The management of NPNs will also be

investigated based on the requirements

characterizing the use cases

6.2.2 ETSI

European Telecommunication Standardization Institute (ETSI) is a non-for-profit SDO that produces

globally applicable standards for the ICT industry. It scopes multiple technology areas, including fixed,

mobile, radio, broadcast, multimedia, internet and aeronautical, among others.

To ensure ETSI outcomes are of high quality and produced efficiently, ETSI standardization work [2]

follows a proven standards-making process based on consensus and openness. Most of this technical

work is carried out by committees. These committees meet typically between two and six times and

year, either on ETSI premises or elsewhere. There is a range of different types of committees for

different tasks:

Technical Committees – responsible for the definition of different work programmes, each

addressing various standardization activities in a given technology area. To fulfil these

activities, every work programme is made up of individual work items. Each technical

committee establishes and maintains a different work programme. Collectively, the work

programmes of all ETSI technical committees constitute the ETSI Work Programme.

ETSI Projects – similar to technical committees, but with two main differences:

o they are established to meet a particular market sector rather than centred around a

basic technology;

o they last for a fixed period, as they can be discontinued after the necessary work is

done, i.e. when the market requirements cease to exist.

ETSI Partnership Projects – set up when there is a need to cooperate with complementary

organizations to achieve a standardization goal. Examples of these projects are 3GPP and

oneM2M [3].

Industry Specification Groups (ISG) – operate alongside the traditional standards-making

mechanisms, focusing on a very specific activity. ISGs are self-contained, decide their own

work programme and approve their own technical documents. These documents can be of

two types: informative documents (Group Report, GR) and standards documents (Group

Specifications, GS).

An up-to-date view of the ETSI technical groups specified above can be found in [4]. Figure 6.3 shows

the interactions of these groups with other bodies, including Special Committees, General Assembly

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Figure 6.3: ETSI organization.

5G-CLARITY will keep track of the standardization activities carried out in five ETSI ISGs: NFV (Network

Functions Virtualization), MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing), ENI (Experiential Networked

Intelligence), ZSM (Zero-touch network and Service Management) and mmWT (millimetre Wave

Transmission). While the four first ISGs are all related to network transformation [5], the mmWT ISG

assess the implications of using frequencies of E-and W-bands. Table 6-2 provides a summary of these

ISGs, including information on their scope and goals, their current phase and their relevance for 5G-

CLARITY project.

Table 6-2: ETSI ISGs within the scope of 5G-CLARITY project.

ISG Scope and goal On-going work relevant for

5G-CLARITY

Additional

comments

NFV

End-to-end, uniform operation and

management of network services

deployed in virtualized

environments, i.e. scenarios where

functionality (software) can be

decoupled from capacity

(hardware).

Specification of Network

Service Descriptor (NSD)/

Virtual Network Function

Descriptor (VNFDs) and NFV

interfaces, according to the

work carried out in NFV-IFA

WG (requirements and

information model) and NFV-

SOL WG (solutions and data

models).

NFV is in its fourth

two-year cycle1

(NFV Phase 4),

released in 2019.

MEC

Homogeneous, holistic operation

and management mechanisms for

(3rd party) service functions

deployed at the edge of the

network.

Solutions based on the MEC

reference architecture to

host latency-sensitive

applications providing

information on positioning

and synchronization.

NFV is in its second

two-year cycle1

(MEC Phase 2),

released in 2019.

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ENI

Reference architectural framework

enabling closed-loop network

operations and management

leveraging AI.

ENI work on normalization

and pre-processing of data,

to facilitate their

consumption by 5G-CLARITY

AI modules.

NFV is in its second

two-year cycle1

(MEC Phase 2),

released in 2020.

ZSM

End-to-end network and service

automation by means of an

overarching integration framework

designed following a service-based

approach.

Reusing principles behind

ZSM-based integration fabric

to allow automation and

consistency in cross-domain

control and management.

ZSM is in its second

two-year cycle1

(MEC Phase 2),

released in 2020.

mmWT

Wireless transport profile for

standard SDN northbound

interfaces, when using frequencies

in the E- and W-bands.

On-going studies in mmTW

ISG will foster research work

on the use of millimetre

wave technology in private

venues taken part in the

project.

N/A

For the 5G-CLARITY project, there are also opportunities to demonstrate and validate solutions

specified in GSs/GRs resulting from these IGSs, and to contribute project results to them. To this end,

those consortium’s partners that are ETSI members (e.g. Telefónica, InterDigital) will take the lead in

the submission processes, following ETSI rules.

6.2.3 IETF

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an international and open community of network

designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet

architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. The mission of the IETF is to make the Internet

work better by producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people

design, use and manage the Internet. These documents, which constitute the outcome of IETF work,

are known as Request for Comments (RFCs). Every RFC is authored by IETF contributors in the form of

memorandum describing methods, behaviours, research, or innovations applicable to the working of

the Internet and Internet-connected systems.

The technical work of the IETF is done in Working Groups (WG), which are organized by topic into

several Areas (see Figure 6.4). Although IETF organizes three (face-to-face) meetings per year, much

of work in IETF is handled via WG-specific email lists, allowing contributors to exchange comments

online to foster progress.


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Figure 6.4: IETF areas

In parallel to IETF, there exists the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). The main differences between

both task forces are summarized as follows:

IETF deals with the short-term issues of engineering and standards making, while IRTF focuses

on longer term research issues.

The technical work at IETF is done in Working Groups (WGs), while IRTF work is organized into

Research Groups (RGs). Today, IETF consists of 128 active WGs (grouped into 7 areas) and IRTF

has 14 active RGs.

A simplified view of IETF/IRTF organization is shown in Figure 6.5. As seen, IETF is structured into WGs

that are managed by Area Directors (ADs). The ADs are members of the Internet Engineering Steering

Group (IESG), which is responsible for technical management of IETF activities and the Internet

Standards process. The General AD chairs the IESG and IETF, and is an ex-officio member of the

Internet Architecture Board (IAB), which in turns gives input to the IESG about the architectural

oversight and the standards process As IAB works at a high level, some of its tasks are related also to

the adjudications of appeals in case there are complains about the decisions from IESG, assuring

democratic ways of working. For these situations, the IAB and IESG are chartered by the Internet

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Figure 6.5: IETF top-level organization

The Internet Research Steering Group (IRSG) is similar to the IESG, but defined within the IRTF domain.

Unlike IESG, IRSG receives very weak (almost zero) influence from decisions taken by ISOC and IAB.

The independence of the IRSG with the rest of the organigram stress even more the real difference

between IETF (standards-making task force) and IRTF (research-oriented task force).

5G-CLARITY will keep track of the standardization activities carried out in four IETF WGs and three IRTF

RGs. The IETF WGs that are within the 5G-CLARITY’s radar are SFC (Service Function Chaining), TEAS

(Traffic Engineering Architecture and Signalling), NETCONF (Network Configuration) and BMWG

(Benchmarking Methodology Working Group). SFC and TEAS WGs are defined into the Routing Area

(RTG), while NETCONF and BMWG belongs to Operations Management Area (OPS). On the other hand,

the IRTF RGs whose topics may be impacted by the work executed in 5G-CLARITY project are NRMG

(Network Management Research Group), COINRG (Computing in the Network Research Group) and

MAPRG (Measurement and Analysis for Protocol Research Group). Table 6-3 provides a summary of

these ISGs, including information on their scope and goals and their relevance for 5G-CLARITY project.

Table 6-3: IETF and IRTF activities within the scope of 5G-CLARITY project.

Organiz

ation Group Scope and Goal

On-going work relevant for

5G-CLARITY

IETF SFC

Development of an architecture and

the Network Service Header (NSH) for

SFC. Discussion on aspects related to

the architecture Operation,

Administration and Management

(OAM mechanisms and YANG

models) and/or protocols to be used

(with security and transport

considerations)

YANG models for the

management of SFC

components, fostering

automation in data collection

and other run-time activities

executed over virtual

(network / application)

functions, including their

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IETF TEAS

Definition of Internet Protocol (IP),

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

and General Multiprotocol Label

Switching (GMPLS) traffic

engineering architecture, and

identification of required related

control-protocol functions, i.e.

routing and path computation

element functions.

MPLS specifications for Wireless

Area Network (WAN) connectivity

(data plane connectivity between

NPNs and public networks). Follow-

up activities carried out in the so-

called Network Slicing Design Team,

set up in TEAS with the purposes of

defining an information model for

Transport Network (TN) slicing

(including requirements and

associated Application

Programming Interfaces [APIs]).

IETF NETCON

F

Development and maintenance of

NETCONF/ RESTCONF protocols (and

associated transports and encodings)

for YANG data model-driven

management.

NETCONF protocol may be used for

configuration, monitoring,

telemetry and zero-touch activities

over 5G-CLARITY data plane

functions, which in turn expose

their capabilities using YANG data

model language.

IETF BMWG

To produce a series of benchmarks

for network devices, systems and

services. These benchmarks will

foster comparisons between physical

and virtual functions, covering

unique features of NFV systems.

Specifications for test system

calibration in virtualized

environments are also in-scope

Methods developed to assess

platform capacity as well as

performance characteristics of

Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)

(e.g. vFirewalls, Serving Gateway [S-

GW]/User Plane Function (UPF),

signalling control gateways, etc.)

and their unique supporting

infrastructure (e.g. SDN controllers

and vSwitches). These methods

might well be implemented for the

use case trialling activities carried

out for 5G-CLARITY pilots

validation.

IRTF NRMG

To provide a forum for researches to

explore new technologies for the

management of networks and

services deployed across the

Internet. This WG works on solutions

for problems that are not yet

considered well understood enough

for engineering work at IETF.

Work on intent-based networking

(IBN), and on autonomic

networking, including

considerations for Distributed

Detection of Service Level

Agreement (SLA) violations.

IRTF COINRG

To explore existing research and

foster investigation of “Compute in

the Network” and resultant impacts

Work on industrial use cases for in-

network computing, and

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on the data plane, debating whether

the ongoing shift from data center

toward edge computing can be

viewed as a cloud continuum, and the

implications this shift will have on the

whole Internet network.

orchestration between the data

center and the edge. 5G-CLARITY

might draw inspiration from current

approaches (e.g. Kubernetes) that

are likely to need

updating/extending/simplifying in

multi-domain network

environments.

IRTF MAPRG

Exploration of Internet conditions by

measurement with the aim to inform

protocol engineering and operator

practice, so as to avoid undesirable

situations, i.e. multiple protocols

with overlapping scopes, and

protocols themselves to be reused

and abused in ways initially

unforeseen.

Exchange of measurement-derived

insight; discussion on techniques

and best practices for

measurement relevant to protocol.

Apart from monitoring the activities carried out by the above-referred working/research groups, 5G-

CLARITY projects also expect to submit contributions to these groups, particularly to TEAS and NMRG.

The desirable outcome of 5G-CLARITY project contributions to IETF is to be recognized (on behalf of

one of the consortium’s partners) as author of a published RFC. For this end, the 5G-CLARITY projects

shall follow the steps declared in RFC 2026 [6]. A brief summary of this procedure is shown in Figure

6.6, and described below:

1. The first thing that needs to be done is to submit the contribution (for consideration by the

IETF and IESG) in the form of Internet Draft (ID). The IETF publishes a set of guidelines that

specify how IDs must be created and submitted.

2. The submitted ID is usually revised many times based on feedback from others in various WGs

within the IETF.

3. If an ID has been reviewed and is considered valuable, well-understood and stable (meaning

that it is not being rapidly updated with new revisions), it may become a candidate for

standardization. In such a case, the IESG can place the Draft on the Internet standards track

by changing its status to Proposed Standard. Documents of this status are considered mostly

complete, but may still be revised based on further review, testing and experimentation with

the technology.

4. Once the specification is sufficiently mature and widely accepted, it may be elevated from

Proposed Standard to Draft Standard. A key requirement for such advancement is that the

technology must be demonstrated to be functional on at least two independent and

interoperable implementations. This proves that the standard is sufficiently clear and

complete that at least two different groups have been able to implement it compatibly.

5. The final “station” on the Internet standards track is Internet Standard. This designation is only

applied to very mature specifications that are popular and that have been widely

implemented. A document that reaches this status often describes a technology that is or will

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Figure 6.6: IETF ways of work - from an ID to an RFC

The RFC development process can take months or even years, depending on how complex the

technology is, how many changes are required to the documents, and whether or not the proposal is

considered important or interesting. Many RFCs never make it officially to Internet Standard status;

Draft Standard status is generally considered sufficiently stable that the technology is often just

implemented by companies when that level is reached. Some RFCs never even make it to Draft

Standard status and the technologies they describe are still used in products.

Once an RFC is published, it cannot be changed. This is a specific policy decision intended to avoid the

confusion that would otherwise result due to there being multiple versions of the same RFC. The RFC

publication process incorporates a number of steps at which RFC authors can revise their documents,

and check for editorial omissions and errors.

6.2.4 IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Activities offers a collaborative

platform for wireless communities that engage in, and enable the development of new, innovative,

and relevant use cases and standards which, in turn, accelerate the time to market of consensus-

developed technologies with regards to fifth-generation wireless systems (5G) and beyond. The IEEE

802.11 family is the branch of the wireless LAN initiatives with a rather big number of standards

addressing current hot topics in the 5G community: high data rate communications, e.g. 802.11ay;

localization, e.g. 802.11az; and light communications, e.g. 802.11bb.

IEEE 802.11 is a set of Media Access Control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications for

implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) computer communication in the 900 MHz and 2.4,

3.6, 5, and 60 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers (IEEE) LAN/Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Standards Committee (IEEE 802).

The base version of the standard was released in 1997 and has had subsequent amendments. The

standard and amendments provide the basis for wireless network products commonly recognized as

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5G-CLARITY will be involved in relevant (active) IEEE standards, represented by the Partners TID, PLF

and IHP, having each of them different targets that match their expertise. The following contributors

mapped to the standards are expected:

IHP, focusing on IEEE 802.11az, IEEE 802.ay and Wi-Fi sensing – new sensing topic interested

group (SENS TIG)

PLF, focusing on IEEE 802.11bb.

IHP is mainly involved in the IEEE 802 standardization activities, i.e. main focus being IEEE 802.11

Working Group (WG) as well as IEEE 802.15 WG.

In the past IHP has contributed to IEEE 802.11az. The standard being developed is standardizing

localization functionality of the future Wi-Fi networks. The IHP’s contributions were in the form of

presenting approaches and results, which were obtained during past projects and, at that time,

current projects. At present, the IEEE 802.11az is in its final stage, expected to be finished by the end

of 2021. A draft version of the standard was already published. At the moment, different comments

are being resolved. Therefore, IHP can only contribute by helping in comments resolution. Hence, IHP

would actively monitor the activity of IEEE 802.11az in order to help in comment resolution for the

comments for which IHP has the necessary expertise.

Another interesting standard for IHP is the IEEE 802.11ay. This standard is extension of the IEEE

802.11ad, which is an amendment of the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard, defining a new physical layer for

802.11 networks operating in the 60 GHz band, i.e. mmWave. This standard is also in its final stage,

i.e. Initial Standards Association (SA) ballot is scheduled for March 2020, which leaves minimal

opportunities for contributing with new results and approaches developed in the framework of 5G-

CLARITY.

An interesting topic appeared lately is the so-called Wi-Fi sensing. This topic was actively being

discussed under the Wireless Next Generation Standing Comity (WNG SC). The main idea behind the

Wi-Fi sensing is to use the available radio for RF sensing applications. The possible applications include

human presence detection for automatic light and/or air conditioning control, localization of persons

within a room, counting number of persons, pet detection, person fall detection for use in hospitals,

detect persons in car and where are they seated etc. The Wi-Fi sensing is based on methods which are

common in some types of RADAR and to methods that are used in some RF localization approaches.

This opens a possibility to contribute to the WNG SC and to present approaches which can be used in

localization as well as in Wi-Fi sensing. This contribution can be made by the end of the second year

or in the third year of the project, since significant advancements in the in the field of indoor

localization within the framework of 5G-CLARITY project can be expected. These advancements can

be presented in the WNG SC. Additionally, if a significant interest in Wi-Fi sensing is shown, a new Task

Group (TG) can be formed for this topic. This would open new possibilities for further contributions

from the 5G-CLARITY project, i.e. from IHP. Currently, there is a consensus for terminating the TIG and

writing a Project Authorization Request (PAR), which would probably lead to a new TG that would

work on standards for sensing.

In November 2016, the IEEE 802.11 created a Topic Interest Group on Light Communication (LC), later

named TGbb, with a target to integrate this new physical link, i.e., LC, into the next evolution of the

Standard. IEEE 802.11 TGbb focuses on the development of Light Communications (LC or LiFi) with

broad industry support from a comprehensive ecosystem of partners including chipset vendors,

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customers. Key envisioned use-cases are the mass market deployment in enterprise, homes,

manufacturing and more as part of a truly heterogeneous network. The following items were originally

envisaged to be addressed by TGbb during the standard development process:

Integration with and extension to 802.11 MAC.

Low-latency data delivery.

Asymmetric device capability support (power, directivity, wavelength, sensitivity, backhaul

network latency timings, etc.).

Peer-to-peer communications.

PLF will contribute to the IEEE 802.11bb standard. The IEEE 802.11bb Task Group on Light

Communications is focused on introducing necessary changes to the base IEEE 802.11 standards to

enable communications in the light medium - access to the approved Project Authorization Request

(PAR) and the Criteria for Standards Development (CSD). The IEEE 802.11bb is the only standardization

effort on light communications that is still open to technical contributions after the completion of the

IEEE 802.15.13 and the International Telecommunication Unit-Telecommunication Standardization

Sector (ITU-T) G.9991. PLF, in the 5G-CLARITY project, will follow the following working groups: TGbb,

TGbe. The Chair of the Light Communication (LC) Task Group (TG) is Dr. Nikola Serafimovski

([email protected]), who will contribute from the 5G-CLARITY project.

6.2.5 O-RAN Alliance

6.2.5.1 Overview

The O-RAN Alliance is an initially operator founded industry alliance later joined by vendors, system

integrators, software component providers, hardware component providers which seeks to define

Next Generation RAN Architecture and Interfaces leading the industry towards open, interoperable

interfaces and RAN virtualization.

O-RAN Alliance members and contributors have committed to evolving radio access networks towards

a foundation of virtualized network elements, white-box hardware and standardized interfaces that

fully embrace its core principles of intelligence and openness.

The O-RAN Alliance’s work will embody two core principles:

Openness: bringing service agility and cloud scale economics to the RAN requires open interfaces

to enable smaller vendors and operators to introduce their own services, or customize the

network to suit their own unique needs. Open interfaces also enable multi-vendor deployments,

enabling a more competitive and vibrant supplier ecosystem. Similarly, open source software and

hardware reference designs enable faster, more democratic and permission-less innovation

Intelligence: networks are becoming increasingly complex with the advent of 5G, densification and

richer and more demanding applications. To tame this complexity, the industry cannot use

traditional human intensive means of deploying, optimizing and operating a network. Instead,

networks must be self-driving, they should be able to leverage new learning based technologies

to automate operational network functions and reduce Operational Expenditure OPEX. The O-

RAN alliance strives to leverage emerging deep learning techniques to embed intelligence in every

layer of the RAN architecture. Embedded intelligence, applied at both component and network

levels, enables dynamic local radio resource allocation and optimizes network-wide efficiency. In

combination with standardized southbound interfaces, AI-optimized closed-loop automation is

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achievable and will enable a new era for network operations

The reference O-RAN Architecture leverages on the definition of 3GPP RAN split architecture

(Centralized Unit [CU], Distributed Unit [DU], Radio Remote Unit [RRU]) and 3GPP interfaces enabling

Control User Plane Separation (E1 interface between CU CP and CU UP), interoperability between CU

and DU via F1 interface, etc). Additionally, O-RAN defines further interfaces like O1 for the

management/orchestration of RAN functions and the A1 for enabling the split of RAN network

functions between Real Time and non-Real Time functionality in an interoperable manner. Figure 6.7

shows the O-RAN Reference Architecture as defined in [13].

Figure 6.7: O-RAN Architecture

6.2.5.2 Structure

The O-RAN Alliance is composed of the following workgroups and committees.

Operator Working Group

Technical Steering Committee

Technical Working Groups

o WG1 - Use Cases and Overall Architecture Workgroup

It has overall responsibility for the O-RAN Architecture and Use Cases. It identifies

tasks to be completed within the scope of the Architecture and Use Cases and

assigns task group leads to drive these tasks to completion while working across

other O-RAN work groups.

o WG2 - The Non-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller and A1 Interface Workgroup

The primary goal of Non-RT RIC is to support non-real-time intelligent radio resource

management, higher layer procedure optimization, policy optimization in RAN, and

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o WG3 - The Near-real-time RIC and E2 Interface Workgroup

The focus of this workgroup is to define an architecture based on Near-Real-Time

Radio Intelligent Controller (RIC), which enables near-real-time control and

optimization of RAN elements and resources via fine-grained data collection and

actions over E2 interface.

o WG4 - The Open Fronthaul Interfaces Workgroup

The objective of this work is to deliver truly open fronthaul interfaces, in which

multi-vendor DU-RRU interoperability can be realized.

o WG5 - The Open F1/W1/E1/X2/Xn Interface Workgroup

The objective of this work is to provide fully operable multi-vendor profile

specifications (which shall be compliant with 3GPP specification) for

F1/W1/E1/X2/Xn interfaces and in some cases will propose 3GPP specification

enhancements.

o WG6 - The Cloudification and Orchestration Workgroup

The cloudification and orchestration workgroup seeks to drive the decoupling of

RAN software from the underlying hardware platforms and to produce technology

and reference designs that would allow commodity hardware platforms to be

leveraged for all parts of a RAN deployment including the CU and the DU.

o WG7 - The White-box Hardware Workgroup

The promotion of white box hardware is a potential way to reduce the cost of 5G

deployment that will benefit both the operators and vendors. The objective of this

working group is to specify and release a complete reference design to foster a

decoupled software and hardware platform.

o WG8 - Stack Reference Design Workgroup

The aim of this workgroup is to develop the software architecture, design, and

release plan for the O-RAN Central Unit (O-CU) and O-RAN Distributed Unit (O-DU)

based on O-RAN and 3GPP specifications for the NR protocol stack.

Focus Groups

o OSFG - Open Source Focus Group

o SDFG - Standard Development Focus Group

o TIFG - Test & Integration Focus Group

O-RAN Software Community

6.2.5.3 Relevant O-RAN Working Groups for 5G-CLARITY

Most current activity in O-RAN relates to the O1, A1 and E2 interfaces. It is deemed that the most

relevant working groups in the context of 5G-CLARITY are WG1, WG2 and WG5, and to a certain extent

WG6.

O-RAN WG1 maps well on the use case and architectural activities undertaken within 5G-CLARITY

WP2. O-RAN WG2 is very relevant in the context of the 5G-CLARITY WP3 (Control and User Plane) and

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the management plane of 5G-CLARITY (WP4) and A1 interface towards the Real Time operation of the

access network which is within the scope of 5G-CLARITY Control and User Plane (WP3).

O-RAN WG5 is also very relevant since it is responsible for the use of important standardized 3GPP

interfaces such as F1/E1 to drive the user plane functions at the CU level and also the support of

interoperability of control and user plane DUs with RRUs. Considering that O-RAN WG5 focuses on

3GPP standardized interfaces and can, from an O-RAN point of view, suggest enhancements needed

in these 3GPP interfaces to achieve the objectives of O-RAN, potential contributions from 5G-CLARITY

to standardization affecting these 3GPP interfaces can be articulated with a combination of 3GGP and

O-RAN led fronts. O-RAN WG6 could also be relevant to leverage some inputs to the orchestration of

the RAN components of 5G-CLARITY. Since O-RAN WG3 scope is the Near Real Time RIC and A2

interface between this component and the CU CP and both of these components are within Accelleran

dRAX™, this WG3 is deemed not critical in order to guarantee interoperability with third party

components. Table 6-4 summarizes the relationships between the 5G-CLARITY WPs and O-RAN WGs.

Table 6-4: Mapping Between 5G-CLARITY WPs and O-RAN WGs

5G-CLARITY WPs O-RAN WGs

WP2 WG1

WP3 WG2, WG5

WP4 WG5, WG6

6.3 Standardization activity roadmap and open-source timeline

Based on the standardization activities identified above, we provide a mapping between the key

technology areas covered by 5G-CLARITY and the standardization groups, as shown in Table 6-5.

Table 6-5: Mapping of technology areas to the standardization groups

# Key Technology development area of

the project Standardization groups

1 LiFi technology IEEE 802.11bb

2

Multi-technology coexistence framework

for private and public 5G/Wi-Fi/LiFi

networks

3GPP SA2, 3GPP SA5, 3GPP RAN2, 3GPP

RAN3

3 5G/Wi-Fi/LiFi multi-connectivity

framework 3GPP SA2, ORAN WG1/2/5, IETF NETCONF

4 5G/Wi-Fi/LiFi Localization and

Synchronization IEEE 802.11az, 3GPP RAN2, 3GPP RAN3

5 AI-driven 5G/Wi-Fi/LiFi autonomic

network management

ETSI ENI, ETSI ZSM, ETSI NFV, ONAP, IETF

SFC, IETF DMM, IETF ANIMA, IETF NRMG

In Table 6-6, we also present an overview of the standardization groups, briefly describing specific

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Table 6-6: Summary of SDOs and standardization activities covered in 5G-CLARITY.

SDO Working Groups Study Item

3GPP RAN2, RAN3, SA2, SA5

Industrial IoT & URLLC, RAN Data collection

enhancements, 5G-Lan type service, Edge

Computing on 5GC, Non-Public Networks, NR

positioning

IETF &

IRTF

SFC WG, ANIMA WG,

DMM WG, NMRG, RAW,

COINRG

Automation and data collection support,

network slicing, multi-WAT management

ETSI

ETSI NFV, ETSI ZSM, ETSI

ENI, ETSI MEC

Interface specifications, closed-loop network

operations and management, end-to-end

network and service automation

IEEE IEEE 802.1, IEEE 802.11

LiFi, Wi-Fi, positioning, network synchronization

ORAN WG1, WG2, WG5 Control and user plane management, interface

definition

Finally, Figure 6.8 presents the standardization and open source activity roadmap expected until mid-

2022. This is also aligned with the 5G-CLARITY activities roadmap, which is anticipated to provide three

standardization roadmap refinements.

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6.4 Relevant open-source activities

6.4.1 OpenStack

OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking

resources throughout a datacentre, all managed and provisioned through APIs with common

authentication mechanisms [7]. Beyond taking the role of a standard Virtualized Infrastructure

Manager (VIM) (providing standard infrastructure-as-a-service functionality in virtualized

environments), OpenStack also provides value-added services related to orchestration and fault

management, to ensure high availability of user applications, and a user-friendly dashboard, to give

OpenStack administrator control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web

interface.

The OpenStack software suite is developed in the context of the OpenStack project [8]. The ways of

working of this project lies on the so-called four opens:

Open Source – creating open source software that is fully usable (not feature or performance

limited) and scalable. OpenStack software is based on Apache License 2.0, which means it is

Open System Interconnection (OSI) approved, as well as General Public License

(GPL)v3/Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) compatible.

Open Design – every development cycle the OpenStack community holds face-to-face events,

which are open to anyone, to gather requirements and provide specifications for upcoming

releases.

Open Development – making source code repository publicly available, making the whole

development process transparent.

Open Community – open to industry and academia partners, who can become OpenStack

project members without any type of fees.

OpenStack project is governed by a non-profit foundation, OpenStack Foundation (OSF), and its three

governance bodies: the board of directors, which has oversight over the OSF and its related political

matters; the technical committee, which has oversight over technical matters in the OpenStack project;

and the user committee, which represents the downstream users of the OpenStack software

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Figure 6.9: OpenStack Release Series. Source [9]

OpenStack community operates around a six-month, time-based release cycle with frequent

development milestones, following a branching model close to the NVIE model. After the initial release,

additional stable releases will be released in each release series. For a detailed description on all

aspects concerning the definition and maintenance of an OpenStack release, see [10]. Figure 6.9

shows an up-to-date view of OpenStack releases. As it can be seen, the latest release series is Train,

with initial release date on 2019/10/16. At this stage, series immediately preceding Train, namely

2017-2018 series like Stein, Rockey, Queens or Pike are kept maintained, allowing fallback. However,

earlier series like Newton or Mitaka are no longer maintained, since it is considered they have reached

their end of life.

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5G-CLARITY will take OpenStack as the de-facto VIM implementation at each private venue, using it

to manage Virtual Machines (VMs) throughout their lifetime while orchestrating their underlying

resources. Although OpenStack software suite consists of multiple services (see complete list in Figure

6.10), 5G-CLARITY will only make use of those that are relevant for the project’s outcomes. This include

basic services like Nova (compute service), Cinder and Swift (storage services), Neutron (networking

services), Glance (images services), Keystone (identity service) and Ceilometer (monitoring service).

Other value-added OpenStack services like Cybor (hardware accelerator service), Blazar (resource

reservation service) and Sahara (Big data provisioning service) are optional, and their installation is up

to the private venues available for pilot execution: the museum facility (Bristol, UK) and the Bosch

factory (Barcelona, Spain). For more information on these services, see [12].

6.4.2 ONOS

The Open Network Operating System (ONOS) is an open source, extensible and distributed SDN

control platform used to simply the management and configuration of future-proof programmable

networks. It allows transition from legacy “brown field” networks to “green field” networks, by

providing value-added capabilities like those listed below:

Scalability – ONOS offers virtually unlimited replication for scaling control plane capacity, as

needed.

High availability & resiliency – ONOS provides necessary protection mechanisms to ensure

customers do not experience network downtime

Performance at scale – ONOS is architected and built to provide the highest performance

possible for scaled network operations, supporting millions of application intent requests

while maintaining less than 50 ms (even less) response time for network events.

Modular design – making ONOS software components easier to read, test and maintain.

Northbound abstractions – to simplify the creation, deployment and operation of multiple

network applications, thus allowing ease of network programming for automation and control.

These applications can be easily added to run “on-box” using native interfaces, or “off-box”

using Representational State Transfer (REST) and/or Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC)

interfaces.

Southbound interfaces – enabling an easy adaption to legacy or new (native SDN data plane)

devices. For this end, ONOS follows a plug-in architecture that abstracts device characteristics,

so that the core operating system does not have to be aware of the particular protocol being

used to control and configure the device. ONOS has an extensive and growing list of

southbound support including OpenFlow, P4, NETCONF, Simple Network Management

Protocol (SNMP), Command Line Interface (CLI), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), RESTCONF

and more.

Graphical User Interface (GUI) framework & Base UI – provides a user-friendly view of the

multi-layer network and allows the customer to explore the state of individual nodes and links.

YANG toolchain – provides a compiler capable of parsing YANG source files and generating

Java artifacts, which can be used for writing network applications against the abstractions

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Figure 6.11: ONOS Governance Structure

ONOS governance structure, depicted in Figure 6.11, is based on a board of directors and four steering

teams: the technical steering team, the use case steering team, the release management team, and

the community steering team. The technical steering team is responsible for all the ONOS technical

decisions, including the content and structure of the code as well as the prioritization of the technical

features. The use case steering team is responsible for prioritizing the use cases that will be developed

and for the specification of their customer requirements, as input to the ONOS technical team. The

release management team coordinates the release management process, defining the priority of the

features in the different releases. Finally, the community steering team is in charge of feeding and

growing the community.

Figure 6.12: Details of an ONOS Release Cycle. Source: [13]

ONOS releases are based on three-month cycles (see Figure 6.12) and they are delivered at the end of

February, May, and December. The maintenance is guaranteed for the last two releases. The only

changes allowed on these releases are security patches and critical defects that are blocking

deployments. For a more detailed information on all aspects concerning the definition and

maintenance of any ONOS release (e.g. release cycles, branching, versioning & tags, naming, etc.), see

[13]. Figure 6.13 shows an up-to-date view of ONOS releases. As it can be seen, the last available

release is Sparrow, released in 2019 Q3. This means that the only Releases that are kept under

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Figure 6.13: ONOS Releases. Source: [14]

The 5G-CLARITY project might take ONOS as the reference platform for infrastructural SDN control

within the logical perimeter of a private venue. In such a case, ONOS can be used to programmatically

configure and manage x-haul (e.g. fronthaul, midhaul, backhaul) resources, allowing “on-the-fly” intra-

slice connectivity at the private venue’s infrastructure layer. The ONOS release to be used is up to each

private venue, although most recent releases are highly recommended (no earlier than 2019).

Although 5G-CLARITY project’s original plan does not include taking part in the development of ONOS

source code, it may well occur that some of the project’s outcomes could be relevant for ONOS

community. In such a case, 5G-CLARITY could submit a contribution to the source code (released under

the Apache 2.0 license), subjected to previous sign of the ONOS Contributor License Agreement (CLA).

6.4.3 OSM

The Open Source MANO (OSM) [15] is an open-source project for the development of an End-to-End

(E2E) network service orchestration framework aligned with ETSI NFV specifications. It is an ETSI-

hosted initiative that aims to provide a software solution that facilitates the use of maturation of NFV

technology, gives access to a huge ecosystem of VNF vendors, and allows testing and monitoring

between the orchestrator and the rest of elements (Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure

[NFVI], VNFs and Physical Network Functions [PNFs], etc.). Although it was originally focused on NFV

Management and Orchestration (MANO), the scope of OSM is currently more ambitious, with the

definition of a micro-service architecture composed of fine-grained modules carrying out activities

beyond NFV scope, including:

Network slicing management, with the definition of an Information Model (IM) that support

slicing through the definition of Network Slice Templates (NSTs), for the deployment and

operation of instances from different network slices. OSM IM extends existing NFV

information models, i.e. NSDs and VNFDs, with the incorporation of 3GPP-based slicing

parameters (e.g. Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information [S-NSSAI], 5G Quality

of Service Indicator [5QI]) and considering isolation settings across Network Slice Instances

(NSIs) (e.g. VNF sharing).

NF application layer configuration and management, over deployed VNFs, PNFs and Hybrid

Network Functions (HNFs). This allows OSM to also take the role of Element Managers (Ems),

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Policy-based performance assurance and fault supervision, with the definition of a

monitoring module (MON) and a policy module (POL) that enables OSM to create, manage

and trigger alarms based on NFVI and VNF metrics.

OSM is one of the first projects of the OSG (Open Source Group), an ETSI entity that allows open-

source projects to be developed under ETSI, and that has strong connection with the European

Commission to foster their use in European research projects.

Similarly to OpenStack, releases in OSM are based on six-month cycles. OSM releases are delivered

biannually, and they are named with a number name in capital letters: (ZERO, ONE, TWO). Current

software version is OSM Release SEVEN. The project developers agree on a blueprint for each coming

release by deciding on priorities over different evolution proposals.

5G-CLARITY project plans to use OSM software suite as the baseline implementation of SDN/NFV

platform, connecting in with OpenStack (via an OSM-provided VIM plug-in) and with ONOS (via an

OSM-provided SDN plug-in). In order to facilitate the operation of the project’s pilots and allow

reproducibility of results across the different proof-of-concepts, stable and mature OSM releases are

usually preferred. This means that by the time WP5 activities starts, the OSM release used might not

be beyond OSM Release 7.

Apart from making use of OSM capabilities for pilot execution, 5G-CLARITY also expects to submit

contributions to OSM, especially in the field of model-based telemetry (streaming telemetry based on

the use of open data models). For this end, 5G-CLARITY needs to follow OSM formal procedures: first,

providing a Contribution Agreement acknowledgement (Apache 2.0 License), and then make the

corresponding contribution as a source code commits or as documentation to the open source project.

Figure 6.14: OSM architecture


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7 Early Achievements

7.1 Communication activities

In this subsection we report the early achievements of the project related to communication activities.

The following sections will deal with some specific aspects of communication activities that have taken

place since the project Kick-Off Meeting on November 19, 2019 at IHP GmbH (Innovations for High

Performance Microelectronics/ Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik) in Frankfurt (Oder),

Germany.

The first official project press release was issued by InterDigital on the 24th of January 2020 [16].

Additionally, partners also released their own internal (company-wide) and external press releases.

More details can also be found in the project website (https://5g-ppp.eu/5g-clarity/ and

http://www.5gclarity.eu/).

As an example, Ericsson LMI presented the following poster of the 5G-CLARITY project (see Figure 7.1)

at Ericsson’s year open Tech Day. This event was attended by approx. 1700 people between Ericsson

workers and international customers.

Figure 7.1: Poster of the 5G-CLARITY project

The project website has been established at the beginning of the project and it is reachable at the

following URL: http://www.5gclarity.eu/. Additionally, the main information from the project is also

available in the 5G-PPP website at the following URL: https://5g-ppp.eu/5g-clarity/ (see Figure 7.2).

https://5g-ppp.eu/5g-clarity/

http://www.5gclarity.eu/



https://5g-ppp.eu/5g-clarity/


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Figure 7.2: 5G-PPP’s 5G-CLARITY website.

The project has been very active on other social media such as LinkedIn and Twitter. LinkedIn and

Twitter accounts are the following:

LinkedIn 5G-CLARITY Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12331231/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/5G_CLARITY

Figure 7.3 reports that 5G-CLARITY LinkedIn Group gathered many members and viewers since the

beginning of the project and already has 38 members. This figure just shows a sample period of the

evolution of views.

Table 7-1 reflects some of the current performance achievements of Twitter account, i.e., number of

tweets, followers, follower ratio, tweets with mentions, number of retweets, etc.

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12331231/

https://twitter.com/5G_CLARITY


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Figure 7.3: 5G-CLARITY LinkedIn profile viewers.

Table 7-1: Statistics (obtained January 23, 2020) for 5G-CLARITY project Twitter account

Statistics Value

Tweets 7

Followers 29

Following 30

Follower ratio 0.97

Tweets with mentions 3

Number of retweets 3

Listed 2

7.1.1 Mobile World Congress 2020

5G-CLARITY will be represented at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 held in Barcelona through

a panel session entitled “What do We Need to Do to get 5G to Really Support AI/ML?” moderated by

InterDigital and featuring Dr. Daniel Camps Mur, TM of 5G-CLARITY. In addition, some of the

consortium partners, i.e., InterDigital, i2CAT and Accelleran, will be showcasing technologies and

solutions that will be integrated into the 5G-CLARITY framework. The brochure designed to promote

the project throughout this event is shown in Figure 7.4.


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Figure 7.4 Project brochure designed for MWC'20.

7.2 Dissemination activities

In this subsection we report the dissemination activities of the project. 5G-CLARITY has carried out

multiple dissemination activities, even though the project is still at its early stage.

The following publications have been accepted/submitted to Journal Citation Reports (JCR) journals

(with acknowledgments to this project):


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Jonathan Prados-Garzon, Pablo Ameigeiras, Juan J. Ramos-Munoz, Jorge Navarro-Ortiz, Pilar

Andres-Maldonado, Juan M. Lopez-Soler, “Performance modeling of softwarized network

services based on queuing theory with experimental validation,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile

Computing. DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2019.2962488

Jorge Navarro-Ortiz, Pablo Romero-Diaz, Sandra Sendra, Pablo Ameigeiras, Juan J. Ramos-

Munoz, Juan M. Lopez-Soler, “A Survey on 5G Usage Scenarios and Traffic Models,” submitted

to IEEE Surveys & Tutorials.

One expected result is the writing of several Ph.D. theses directly related to this project. In particular,

there are already some ongoing Ph.D. theses:

“Orchestration and management of virtualized independent networks for supporting new 5G

services,” José Antonio Ordóñez Lucena. Supervisors Pablo Ameigeiras and Juan M. Lopez-

Soler. University of Granada.

“Multi-domain orchestration mechanisms for network slicing,” Óscar Ramón Adamuz

Hinojosa. Supervisors Pablo Ameigeiras and Juan M. Lopez-Soler. University of Granada.

It is also expected that the project will directly contribute, in terms of funds, objectives and activities,

to several new Ph.D. theses. In particular the following thesis will be developed in 5G-CLARITY:

5G multi-domain and multi-technology public-private networks. University of Granada.

Resource management for 5G public-private networks using AI and ML techniques. University

of Granada.

https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2019.2962488


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8 Conclusions

This deliverable includes the initial communication, dissemination, exploitation, and standardization

plans intended to maximize the impact of the project and to ensure the fulfilment of the 5G-CLARITY’s

dissemination objectives. Although these plans are subject to modifications, they constitute the

framework of reference that will drive the coordination, implementation, and supervision of 5G-

CLARITY dissemination and communication activities. Also, they ensure that 5G-CLARITY

achievements are widely spread over the 5G-CLARITY target audience to enhance the project 's impact

and visibility to the European Union (EU) and the entire world.

The project identifier, the communication activities that will be carried out in the 5G-CLARITY project

throughout its lifetime, the external/internal communication channels, and social media have been

defined in the communication plan. For internal communications of the partners, the project

consortium uses BSCW Workspace server as a repository. As a principal external communication

channel, a project website has been developed and launched in December 2019. Besides, social media

accounts (i.e., Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube), which are accessible from the project website, have

been created to enhance the visibility of the project and to distribute the potential benefits derived

from the solutions proposed in the project.

This document also presents the dissemination plan to communicate the project outcomes to the

Industry, Academia, and the public in general. The key envisaged activities in this regard are the

production of scientific publications in leading international conferences and journals, the

organization of journal/magazines special issues and books, and the participation in program

committees and editorial boards. Specifically, 22 scientific publications, 17 panels, the organization of

2 workshops, and two demonstrations have been anticipated as a primary result of the 5G-CLARITY

dissemination plan.

Regarding the standardization plan, this deliverable identifies the primary SDOs whose activities are

aligned with the project. Specifically, the SDOs considered are 3GPP, ETSI, IETF, IEEE, and O-RAN

Alliance. The standardization plan includes a roadmap that captures the standardization activities that

may influence or get influenced by the project's technological innovations. It also describes the leading

open-source related activities and the expected contributions to them where applicable. In this regard,

OpenStack, ONOS, and OMS are considered as the tools to implement the SDN/NFV orchestration

solution proposed in the 5G-CLARITY project. Moreover, the project expects to contribute to OSM,

especially in the realm of model-based telemetry. Last, the project also contemplates the possibility

of submitting source code contributions to ONOS brought about by potential project's outcomes.

Finally, this document summarizes the communication, dissemination, exploitation, and

standardization activities that have already been carried out in the early stages of the project. Among

them, it is worthy of mentioning the organization of internal events to disseminate the 5G-CLARITY

vision, the inclusion of the project description in the 5G-PPP website, the design of the project poster

and leaflet, and the first publications in top indexed journals.


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